A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight over Science in Schools

Bloomsbury presents A Dangerous Idea by Debbie Levy, read by Noe Nishizawa A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection One hundred years ago, a small-town science teacher ignited a nationwide debate over what students should learn in school--and who should decide. In 1925, when Tennessee lawmakers banned the teaching of evolution in public schools, teacher John Scopes challenged the law--and set off a gripping circus of a legal battle. Two masterminds faced off in a blistering courtroom ...