High school teachers appear to be a little averse to teaching evolutionary theory in their classrooms. A representative research survey conducted by Penn State professors Michael Berkman and Eric ...

Several years ago, I, along with other undergraduate students, embarked upon an important mission: coming up with a catchy phrase to print on our microbiology department hoodie. After a lot of ...

In 1925, a teacher deliberately broke a law stating that evolution could not be taught in Tennessee classrooms. His trial rocked the nation. The following is an excerpt from Keeping the Faith: God, ...

TOPEKA, Kan., May 4 -- Alarmed by proposals to change how evolution is taught, scientists and teachers are mobilizing to fight back, asserting that educational standards are being threatened by what ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida's public school science standards for the first time will use the word "evolution," although the biological concept already was being taught under code words such as "change ...