I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, 'We shouldn't be teaching creationism.' Being right doesn't mean it'll pass. — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized. — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
Public schools are where the next generation of leaders are educated and where cultural exchange will take place. — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
There's a bait and switch going on here because the critics want the textbooks to question whether evolution occurred. And of course they don't… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
You can't really be scientifically literate if you don't understand evolution. And you can't be an educated member of society if you don't understand… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims under… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, 'We shouldn't be… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
People don't show up here (at the courtroom) because they believe evolution is bad science. They show up because they believe that if they… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
Evolution makes biology make sense. And if you don't teach your students the evolutionary core of biology, you're making it harder for them. — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
I never say that evolution is a fact. Evolution is a theory. It's much more important than a fact, because theories explain things. — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
I think what bothers me so much of the time, is they take the data and theory and distort it. They must know they're… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
In my opinion, using creation and evolution as topics for critical-thinking exercises in primary and secondary schools is virtually guaranteed to confuse students about… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
Science is a limited way of knowing, looking at just the natural world and natural causes. There are a lot of ways human beings… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
