The Supreme Court made that clear in 1987. Kan. Yet the matter is far from settled. A fourth, Colorado, has dropped questions on evolution from a standardized test it gives students. Such actions could leave science teachers caught in the middle, particularly those in small districts where creationism advocates are better organized to exert more influence over local board decisions. Creationists counter that the recent state actions giving school districts the option of teaching an alternate view are small, yet fair and certainly no cause for alarm.
Science is the search for truth.
Calif. Nonetheless, the debate is close to reaching the attention it received 74 years ago when Tennessee teacher John Scopes went on trial for telling students that they and apes had common ancestors. National science standards require the teaching of evolution, but the guidelines are voluntary for states. It also omitted the big bang theory of the universe's origin.