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Politicians step up attacks on the teaching of scientific theories in U.S. schools

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A new law in West Virginia allows teachers to discuss or answer "questions from students about scientific theories" John Scopes was convicted of violating a Tennessee law that prohibited teaching the theory of evolution.

He says the laws are being used to influence what is taught in public schools.

Bill devalues scientific theories as hunches or unproved assumptions, he says.

U.S. standards for teaching science say a "scientific theory is a substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world" Students should be encouraged to think critically and ask questions like "What is the evidence that supports this theory?" Scholars say K-12 education must provide students a "functional level of scientific literacy".

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