A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash

New York Times by Amy Harmon | Aug. 24, 2008 (News Report)

David Campbell switched on the overhead projector and wrote "Evolution" in the rectangle of light on the screen.

He scanned the faces of the sophomores in his Biology I class. Many of them, he knew from years of teaching high school in this Jacksonville suburb, had been raised to take the biblical creation story as fact. His gaze rested for a moment on Bryce Haas, a football player who attended the 6 a.m. prayer meetings of the Fellowship of ... Full Story »

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by Jeffrey Wilbur - Oct. 1, 2008

This article gives a perspective on teaching that may enlighten those who don't understand the scope, cause, or form of resistance to evolution and scientific thought. It is primarily an anecdotal account, but it manages to avoid the condescension that often appears in this type of story.