Examines the legal and constitutional implications of the fundamentalist movement to win equal time for creation doctrine in science and biology textbooks. (JR)

This article is concerned with those freedoms inherent in successful science teaching and summarizes recent actions to insure the continuance of those freedoms. The controversy surrounding the teaching of evolution in schools is discussed in detail, with emphasis on educational positions and legal actions. (MA)

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) supports the position that evolution is a major unifying concept in science and should be included as part of K-college science frameworks and curricula. Includes recommendations and information on the nature of science, scientific theories, evolution as a unifying concept, creationism, and legal…

This paper, presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers, is focused on legal and judicial problems in mandating equal time for creationism. Past events provide evidence that legislation, policies, and local resolutions that require science textbooks and curricula to include the Genesis account of creation are…

Reviews the major points of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenge to the Arkansas bill "Unbiased Presentation of Creation Science and Evolution Science Bill." (SK)

Updates information pertaining to the ongoing court case in Arkansas in which the American Civil Liberties Union contends that the "Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act" is unconstitutional. Summarizes issues from both sides. (DC)