Diluting or Eliminating Evolution Education

Tactics to dilute or eliminate evolution include:

Changing the standards
Attempts to change the role of evolution in science standards
Disclaimers
Adoption of textbook disclaimers or anti-evolution policy statements
Textbook adoption
Opposition to adoption of textbooks with good coverage of evolution, at both state and local levels
Anti-evolution legislation
Anti-evolution legislation introduced in state legislatures
Parental pressure
Parental or administrative pressure on teachers to water down or eliminate teaching about evolution, or to excuse some children from studying it