Teachers in Kansas take step against Darwin's theory

Teachers in Kansas will have to spell out specific objections to Darwin's theory of evolution under a new set of teaching guidelines approved in the midwestern heartland state last night.

In a major success for proponents of "intelligent design" and other creationist &to=http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/9848_homo.html' target=_blank>theories of evolution, the Republican-dominated Kansas Board of Education ruled by six votes to four that, from 2008, teachers will have to give reasons why Darwinism is just one of many theories to explain the origins of life.