This last week marked the one year anniversary of the Kansas Board of Education's vote to reject the 2005 Kansas Science Standards and replace them with the standards originally written by the board-appointed writing committee.
A couple of months ago, I noted that the people responsible for the Discovery Institute's "Stand Up for Science, Stand Up for Kansas" website have curiously failed to acknowledge the rejection of the very standards their online petition was designed to support.
I just sent an email to the DI's Robert Crowther, formally requesting a change to the website. My email is reproduced below the fold.
Dear Robert,
I am writing to request a long-overdue change to the CSC's "Stand Up for Science, Stand Up for Kansas" website.
As you know, that website was created to support science standards that are no longer in effect. In fact, the 2005 science standards were rejected and replaced by the Kansas Board of Education over a year ago. Kansas has moved on, but your organization's website appears to be standing in place.
Unfortunately, the significant reversal in Kansas is not mentioned on the "Stand Up for Science" website. Visitors to the website who are unaware of the current state of affairs in Kansas are being inappropriately misled.
I respectfully ask that you do whatever you feel is appropriate to correct this situation.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Mohn
I am writing to request a long-overdue change to the CSC's "Stand Up for Science, Stand Up for Kansas" website.
As you know, that website was created to support science standards that are no longer in effect. In fact, the 2005 science standards were rejected and replaced by the Kansas Board of Education over a year ago. Kansas has moved on, but your organization's website appears to be standing in place.
Unfortunately, the significant reversal in Kansas is not mentioned on the "Stand Up for Science" website. Visitors to the website who are unaware of the current state of affairs in Kansas are being inappropriately misled.
I respectfully ask that you do whatever you feel is appropriate to correct this situation.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Mohn
If I get a response, I will let our readers know.
Update (02/19/08): When I sent the above email to Robert Crowther, I got an out-of-office reply, so I also sent it to Casey Luskin. Today I received a response from Luskin, thanking me for reminding him and his co-workers of the need to change the website. He assured me that the matter will be looked into.
posted by Jeremy Mohn
