Evolution supporters argue: Courts have affirmed evolution's place in education. Creationism is just a belief, not based on empirical data, and not testable. Creationism undermines critical thinking ...

Correspondent Jeffrey Brown investigates how some biology teachers are handling the hot button debate over the theory of evolution, creationism and intelligent design. On a recent morning in Danville, ...

Adam Laats is a historian teaching at Binghamton University, specializing in the intersection of culture wars and education. He has a special gift for critically examining the positions of religious ...

BOSTON — I don’t know whether to call this good news, but something is happening when the opponents of evolution recast themselves as defenders of academic freedom and guardians of open debate. This ...

Since even before John Scopes’ famous “monkey trial” in 1925, the acceptance of evolution in American schoolhouses has been uneasy. Elsewhere, however, Charles Darwin’s famous theory is taught with ...

We are writing in response to, "Considering creationism offers interesting insight"(CT, Feb. 19). The major problem with this column was the liberal use of the terms "creationism" and "evolution" ...

The chair of a school board in Minnesota questioned the value of teaching evolution, because the theory was developed more than a century ago. At a Brainerd High School board meeting on September 9, ...

Kansas – the state that made national news in 1999 by banning the teaching of evolution in schools (which was later overturned)- and its conservative majority Board of Education is at it again. In ...

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From climate change to vaccines to the theory of evolution, much of the Republican Party has made clear that it’s not exactly enamored of modern science. This anti-intellectualism can take a few forms ...

This week, the Kansas State Board of Education will wrap up hearings on “intelligent design,” a theistic alternative to the theory of evolution. Scientists have refused to testify, dismissing ID as ...