Who gets to decide what students learn?
Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson has introduced legislation to allow public schools to deny enrollment to undocumented children, setting up a challenge of the 1982 Supreme Court decision in Plyler vs Doe.
Who should decide who our students are and what they should learn? Who should be running our schools? Politicians, teachers or parents?
That’s a question the nation is debating today, and that question was one of the core arguments debated during the 1925 Scopes Trial.
Visit the Scopes Trial Play & Festivities July 11-19, at the Rhea County Courthouse to see where this debate started 100 years ago. For more information and tickets, check out scopes100.com.
Bryan College debaters argue the merits of school choiceThe Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation will host a debate featuring two students from the Bryan College Debate Team onThursday, April...
Scopes Trial intrigues the worldYesterday’s history, today’s headlines. Visit Dayton, TN, in July to see where it all started. For more information check out Scopes100....
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Science, religion and Scopes: Conflict and cooperationThe “Great Commoner,” William Jennings Bryan, an outspoken proponent of the historic Christian faith, and the “Great Agnostic,” Clarence...
Scopes Trial Play: Destiny in DaytonRead More
Jul 11, 2025
7:00 PM EDT
1475 Market Street
Dayton, TN 37321
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Jul 12, 2025
2:00 PM EDT
1475 Market Street
Dayton, TN 37321
