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Peer reviewedChemical and Engineering News, 1985
California's Board of Education recently rejected all of the more than 20 seventh- and eighth-grade science textbooks submitted to it because the books' publishers had "watered down" the treatment of evolution. Rationale for the board's decision and implications for publishing (such as revising the textbooks) are addressed. (JN)
Descriptors: Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution, Religious Factors
