Article: Downgrading of Ohio Science Standards Just a Rumor, Optional Lesson Plan Critical of Evolution Not an Issue, says Think Tank.

Article: Ohio may lose science grade 'B' will be 'F' if lesson ...
Dayton Daily News;  January 17, 2006 ;     580 words ... ... gave Ohio a "B" for science standards said they will change ... intelligent design lesson plan is not dropped. And ... which rated the science standards for all 50 states ... intelligent design lesson plan would be more scientific ...

Article: LETTERS: LESSON PLAN LOOKS AT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
Dayton Daily News;  March 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... enough, it was a model lesson plan submitted by the Ohio ... Benchmark H of the Ohio science standards which requires all ... evolutionary theory." The lesson plan in question simply ... attempts to turn a lesson plan that deals exclusively ...

Article: Educator speaks out on evolution debate: Bath woman supports ...
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  March 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... state standard and related lesson plan that encouraged students ... controversial standard and lesson plan that detractors said undermines ... the decision to strip the lesson plan from standards affect teaching ... design into the state's science standards. Then later, it ...

Article: Ohio Evolution Lesson Plan Eliminated
AP Online;  February 15, 2006 ;     509 words ... ... science standard and correlating lesson plan that encourages students to seek ... eliminate the material. The 2002 science standards said students should be able to ... voted against eliminating the lesson plan, said it was unfair to deny students ...

Article: EVOLUTION LESSON PLAN APPROVED
Dayton Daily News;  March 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... constitutionality of this particular lesson plan, she said. Florida State University ... December 2002, the board adopted new science standards for Ohio's 1.8 million public ... include intelligent design in the science standards failed, but the board approved a ...

Article: AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE LAUDS OHIO ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 15, 2006 ;     538 words ... ... intelligent design material from its school science standards. In 2002, the board narrowly approved science standards that singled out evolution for so ... critical analysis" and included a lesson plan that Americans United said would have ...

Article: National Academy Scientist Encourages Kansas to Adopt ...
PR Newswire;  May 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... revise the state's science standards to allow students ... revising the state's science standards and last week a board ... curriculum that includes a lesson plan on the "Critical ... Minnesota, have adopted science standards that require learning ...