Showing posts with label First Amendment Constitution Freedom Of Religion Public Schools Science Evolution Global Warming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label First Amendment Constitution Freedom Of Religion Public Schools Science Evolution Global Warming. Show all posts

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Charles C. Haynes: When politics and religion trump science, education suffers

  At a time when American students rank an abysmal 21st in science literacy when compared with students around the world, state legislatures should be passing laws to strengthen science education — or at least refrain from enacting bills that make matters worse.

  Instead, politicians in a growing number of states are muddying the science-education waters by pushing legislation that requires schools to “teach the controversy” about evolution, global warming and other scientific theories.