The Ohio Board of Education had a big problem. Two years ago, a Fordham Foundation study had slapped the state with an "F" for the way it taught evolution in the classroom. In fact, state standards lacked any mention of evolution in the science lessons for Ohio students, kindergarten through high school. Embarrassed, the state legislature mandated that the board revise the standards by the end of 2002. continued...

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Reprinted from the HHMI Bulletin,
September 2002, pages 24-27.
©2002 Howard Hughes Medical Institute