Politicians step up attacks on teaching of scientific theories in US schools

Scientific theory is having a hard time in American public schools. Nearly 100 years ago, science teacher John Scopes was convicted of violating a Tennessee law that prohibited the teaching of evolution. Although his conviction was overturned as a formality in 1927, laws banning Darwin’s theory remained in place for another 40 years. They were … Read more

Politicians step up attacks on teaching of scientific theories in US schools

Scientific theory is having a hard time in American public schools. Nearly 100 years ago, science teacher John Scopes was convicted of violating a Tennessee law that prohibited the teaching of evolution. Although his conviction was overturned as a formality in 1927, laws banning Darwin’s theory remained in place for another 40 years. They were … Read more