"The survey also showed that teachers who had taken more science courses themselves -- and especially those who had taken a course in evolutionary biology -- devoted more class time to evolution than teachers with weaker science backgrounds."
I found out recently that 90% of American science teachers don't possess a formal science education, which is apparently shocking to people in places like Europe where it's near impossible to become an educator without a formal education. Another part of the problem is that fundamentalist parents have been known to incite their children to revolt (or at least step out of the classroom) during evolutionary lectures, so I don't think it's the children alone who are to blame.
Re: Louisiana!
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=4895114&page=1
"The survey also showed that teachers who had taken more science courses themselves -- and especially those who had taken a course in evolutionary biology -- devoted more class time to evolution than teachers with weaker science backgrounds."
I found out recently that 90% of American science teachers don't possess a formal science education, which is apparently shocking to people in places like Europe where it's near impossible to become an educator without a formal education. Another part of the problem is that fundamentalist parents have been known to incite their children to revolt (or at least step out of the classroom) during evolutionary lectures, so I don't think it's the children alone who are to blame.
-Quip