Darwin, design, and disestablishment: Teaching the evolution controversy in public schools

From: Vanderbilt Law Review | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Wexler, Jay D | Copyright information

In recent years, the question of how public schools ought to teach evolution has once again surfaced as an exceedingly controversial issue. In June of 2001, the U.S. Senate adopted nonbinding language in an education bill urging public schools to teach students about the evolution controversy. Although this language was ultimately taken out of the final bill, it is clear from the legislative history of the proposal that some Senators supported the proposal because they believe science classro...

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