Twenty Questions: What Have the Courts Said about the Teaching of Evolution and Creationism in Public Schools?

RANDY MOORE; MURRAY JENSEN; JAY HATCH

doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0766:TQWHTC]2.0.CO;2

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RANDY MOORE,^*,** MURRAY JENSEN,^** JAY HATCH^**

^*Randy Moore (Rmoore@umn.edu)
^**Randy Moore, Murray Jensen, and Jay Hatch are professors of biology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455.

Abstract

Although the Scopes trial remains the most famous court decision associated with the teaching of evolution, there have been many other more important court decisions associated with the teaching of evolution and creationism in public schools. An understanding of these decisions can help teachers answer students' questions about the teaching of evolution and creationism. Such an understanding can also be used to counter the antiscience attitudes and actions of creationist parents, school administrators, and colleagues.

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RANDY MOORE, MURRAY JENSEN, and JAY HATCH "Twenty Questions: What Have the Courts Said about the Teaching of Evolution and Creationism in Public Schools?," BioScience 53(8), 766-771, (1 August 2003). https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0766:TQWHTC]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 August 2003