2006/05/01 by Alan Attie · 6 citations
Psychology · Arts and Humanities · #Animal and Plant Science Education #Evolution and Science Education
paper · pdf · doi:10.1172/jci28449
openalex publication_date 2006/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
We review here the current political landscape and our own efforts to address the attempts to undermine science education in Wisconsin. To mount an effective response, expertise in evolutionary biology and in the history of the public controversy is useful but not essential. However, entering the fray requires a minimal tool kit of information. Here, we summarize some of the scientific and legal history of this issue and list a series of actions that scientists can take to help facilitate good science education and an improved atmosphere for the scientific enterprise nationally. Finally, we provide some model legislation that has been introduced in Wisconsin to strengthen the teaching of science.