Public Schools and the Right to Teach Origins

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How to Teach the Controversy Legally video by the Discovery Institute (17.5MB Windows Media file) Want to teach the scientific controversy over evolution but aren't sure what is allowable? This short video clearly and concisely summarizes the legal framework for teaching about evolution. A great resource for teachers, school board members, and parents, this video features interviews with scientists and legal scholars and explains how to teach the controversy over evolution in a legally responsible manner.

Textbooks in Public Schools: Education or Indoctrination? by Mike Riddle

"Fifty studies were reviewed that surveyed opinions on teaching origins in public schools. The vast majority found about 90% of the public desired that both creation and evolution or creation only be taught in the public schools. About 90% of Americans consider themselves creationists of some form, and about half believe that God created humans in their present form within the past 10,000 years. In America, about 15% of high school teachers teach both evolution and creation, and close to 20% of high school science teachers and about 10,000 scientists (including more than 4,000 life scientists) reject both macroevolution and theistic evolution. Although the vast majority of Americans desire both creation and evolution taught in school, the evolutionary naturalism worldview dominates, revealing a major disparity between the population and the ruling élite." Jerry Bergman, Ph.D. Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal Vol. 13, No. 2

General Resources and News on Teaching Origins in Public Schools

Creation and the Schools:
Evolutionary humanism and ominous trends in modern education.
by Henry Morris

Free 57 minute audio seminar (6.7MB WAV file)

A who's who of players in the battle of biology class The Christian Science Monitor 12/7/04
AAAS says ID theory should not be in science classrooms - top ten list of science policy stories for 2002 12/19/02
Citizens for Scientific Integrity - An online resource for teachers in Texas
Columbine Victim's Dad Wants Darwinism's Weaknesses Revealed, Truth Taught in Schools by Agape Press 10/28/03
Creation-Evolution and Constitutionally Permissible Scientific Inquiry in Public Schools
Creationism battle heats up in US public schools By Mike Matthews
Creationism v. Evolutionism in America's Public Schools By Alex Rainert
Evolution and Creationism in Public Education A report by the People For the American Way Foundation
Evolution and Our Schools by Pathlights
Fifty-two Ohio Scientists Call for Academic Freedom on Darwin's Theory by J. Sjogren & R. DiSilvestro
Intelligent Design network IDnet was organized in connection with the debate over the Kansas Science Education Standards, and their objective is to promote evidence-based science education with regard to the origin of the universe and of life and its diversity
How to Teach the Controversy Legally video by the Discovery Institute (17.5MB Windows Media file)
Into the Schools online video by by the CRSEF

Introducing Creationism into the Public Schools - IMPACT No. 20 November 1974
by Henry M. Morris, Ph. D.*

Teaching Creation Science in Public Schools
by Duane Gish

An easy-to-understand discussion of the major scientific evidences for creation and against evolution, explaining how these can be taught legally and effectively in public schools. $5.00

Key Law Review Articles About Teaching Evolution by Discovery Institute
Not Your Daddy's Fundamentalism - Intelligent Design in the Classroom Book Review by the Discovery Institute
Proposed SBC resolution calls for abandoning public schools May 4, 2004
Religion in the Public Schools - Anti-Defamation League
Remaining Factual Errors In Biology Textbooks, as of April 2004 by the Discovery Institute
Resources for Parents and School Board Members by Discovery Institute. For those interested in improving the teaching of evolution in your local schools.
Teaching the Science of Creation in Public Schools by Richard Overman
Texans for Better Science Education!
The threads in forum Creation-Evolution in the Schools
The Attitude of Various Populations toward Teaching Creation and Evolution in Public Schools Jerry Bergman, Ph.D. Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal Vol. 13, No. 2
The Massachusetts Constitution: A Model for Public Education from the Hand of John Adams by Doug Sharp

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