Conflict of interest isn't scary though... it's all too common. :-)

>I thought the Los Angeles school board was the worst one in the U.S. It appears that all these high ranking educators think that they have these ideas to revolutionize eductation. Of course its typically a selfish motive in that they are trying to push their own agenda. In Los Angeles there's been at least one case of someone trying to push their own method of teaching mathematics. Of course it required buying textbooks he had written.
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>>From what I heard, the Kansas State School Board banned the teaching of evolution in public schools. Specifically, "micro-evolution" can still be taught... that is, Darwin's finches, etc. but the big picture (e.g. that mankind evolved from apes) is specifically forbidden.
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>>Apparently the KS legislature is so upset they're looking into ways to modify the state constitution (!) to dissolve the school board.
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>>>That's why I was asking. I was kind of paying attention when they talked about it on t.v. I'm not sure of the details at all.
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>>>Pf
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>>>>Wasn't that Kansas, the state, rather than K.C.? IAC, IMO the scariest story of the week... more so than the shooter in L.A.