[VOA]

In two states, 40 percent of biology teachers say they allow little or
no class time for evolutionary theory, a fundamental part of
modern biology. In five states, nearly one in five teachers
do not accept the scientific validity of evolutionary theory.

Maybe I'm being too conspiratorial (or just tired enough to misread
the article)...
But why aren't the "two states" and "five states" named?

I can't help but wonder that the identity of these states might be
just too shocking, e.g., some of them might actually be "progressive"
blue states...nothing at all like the "backwards" places like
Kansas, Texas, etc.
(In other words, it would be tough for the proponents of evolutionary biology
to find that the "contagion" had spread outside of flyover country.)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

***.... In five states, nearly one in five teachers do not accept the scientific validity of evolutionary theory. In Texas, Louisiana and Minnesota, more than one in five teachers say they accept the scientific validity of creationism -- rejecting common ancestry of living things and accepting the involvement of a supernatural force in the development of life on Earth.

A Maryland education official said she knew of no such teacher surveys here.
...***