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Required Reading for All

Aug 25, 2008

At the New York Times, Amy Harmon describes how one teacher outside Jacksonville, Florida brings evolution, a required topic, into the classroom. She focuses on David Campbell and his students who "often arrive at school fearing that evolution, and perhaps science itself, is hostile to their faith." Jonathan Eisen is a fan of the article, writing, "I think the whole piece should be required reading for all evolutionary biologists, all biologists, and all science teachers."

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