Today, several Kansas State Education board members are facing primary election challenges. The leading issue of debate has been changes to the science standard. These changes question the evolution theory with such statements as “Biological evolution postulates an unguided natural process that has no discernable direction or goal.” It also encourages students to seek “more adequate explanations of natural phenomena.”

Opponents see this as an attempt to bring religion into the classroom over science, while supporters see it as inserting objectivity and removing the natural anti-religious bias found in evolution.

The New York Times, CNN, and most other media outlets are reporting on this story. The news should be in tonight whether the conservatives have weathered their first challenge. If they lose their seats, the newly elected education board will reverse the changes made to the science standard.