Coming in the aftermath of the efforts to outlaw the teaching of evolution in the state, this story about Kansas is unfortunate.
http://blog.acm.org/archives/csta/2009/09/post_4.html
http://usacm.acm.org/usacm/weblog/index.php?p=741
The state has significant employment problems and the recent down turn in the economy has caused significant impact on the aircraft industry in the state. With a nascent IT start-up scene there, this is probably the worst publicity that the state could have hoped for.
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