News in Brief: A National Roundup

A large majority of the public wants evolution taught in the public schools, and 60 percent disagree with last year's decision by the Kansas board of education to remove virtually all discussion of evolution from the state science standards, according to a poll released last week by the People for the American Way Foundation.

Eighty-three percent of those surveyed believe evolution should be taught in schools. Most do not consider evolution and creationism mutually exclusive, but fewer than 30 percent want creationism taught as science in public schools, instead favoring its discussion in other classes, such as philosophy.