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Yes. It was routinely taught in the public Lexington City Schools (prior to the merger with Fayette County Schools) back in the 1950s and 1960s, though the term "evolution" was not emphasized. It may not have been part of any "official" curriculum, but we learned about the origins of the solar system and the earth in particular, geology, fossils, dinosaurs and prehistoric human life back in 5th grade, and again in greater detail in both junior and senior high school science classes.
It was a non-issue - and we had prayers in school as well back then, and no one seemed to see any contradiction or get upset by either prayers or scientific teaching.
It's been taught here in southern Ky also for as long as I can remember. I don't think the big debate of it all is discussed, but it's taught as part of science classes.
My AP Biology teacher openly said that while it's important that we know about and understand evolution, her religious beliefs kept her from teaching it; therefore, she made the chapter on evolution a take-home assignment. We had around a month to complete and turn in open book quizzes and tests. It was never really discussed in class. That was in 1997 in western KY.
My AP Biology teacher openly said that while it's important that we know about and understand evolution, her religious beliefs kept her from teaching it; therefore, she made the chapter on evolution a take-home assignment. We had around a month to complete and turn in open book quizzes and tests. It was never really discussed in class. That was in 1997 in western KY.
If your teacher's religious beliefs are so strong that she cannot teach what she must teach in class, she should not be teaching in a public school...
If your teacher's religious beliefs are so strong that she cannot teach what she must teach in class, she should not be teaching in a public school...
Yeah, I can get an English teacher not wanting to teach evolution, but a biology teacher? I'm not sure she shouldn't be teaching in a public school, but she shouldn't be teaching biology.
In any case, some credit to the teacher for at least making it part of the curriculum in some form.
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