Kansas Board OKs Evolution Knock is the headline of this CBS/AP story that begins: “The Kansas Board of Education voted 6-4 to include greater criticism of evolution in its school science standards, but it decided to send the standards to an outside academic for review before taking a final vote.”
I am on record with my thoughts on this issue in a form suitable for youngsters, since it is part of my children’s science web site.
Readers who share my concerns should watch for the upcoming book 
the Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney.
I have reviewed a number of books about evolution that discuss the science with little or no reference to politics. I recommend starting with my review of The Ancestor’s Tale by Richard Dawkins, which has links to several other reviews. There’s quite a variety of approaches among those titles.
Fred Bortz — Science and technology books for young readers (http://www.fredbortz.com) and Science book reviews (http://www.scienceshelf.com)