A detailed and informative article on
the evolution of creationism: (New Scientist)
[the Kansas State Board of Education] deleted all references to evolution or the big bang, and inserted fundamentalist material. For instance, the original
standards defined science as seeking "natural" explanations. That was changed
to "logical", which can include supernatural explanations. The revision also
says-- incorrectly--that "natural selection . . . does not add new
information to the existing genetic code". Willis believes that dinosaurs
lived in the US until late in the 19th century, and his school standards ask
students to "analyse hypotheses about extinction of dinosaurs" and "show the
weaknesses in the reasoning".