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An Examination of the Constitutionality of Mandating Balanced Treatment of Evolution and Creationism in Public Schools.
Cloyd, Frances L.; Faber, Charles F. – 1983
Legislation, rulings, and arguments for and against public schools giving creationism equal time or consideration with evolution are discussed. In the 1920's fundamentalists began to promote statutes prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools. Since that time the creationists have sought to supplant evolution with creationism on the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Creationism, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education