http://www.pewforum.org/Issues involving religion and education are perennial topics of public debate. Religious groups often find themselves on opposite sides of disputes over issues such as school prayer, the teaching of evolution and creationism, vouchers and the use of school space by religious groups. While some argue that religion has an important role to play in public education, others maintain that a strict wall of separation is needed when it comes to religion and public schools.en-usCopyright: (C) Copyright 2009 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved.info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)60http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.pewforum.org/uploadedImages/_content/defaultPublicationThumb(1).gifhttp://www.pewforum.org/Sat, 25 May 2013 08:02:17 GMTSat, 25 May 2013 08:02:17 GMTMon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 GMTLeading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in May 2009 for the Pew Forum's Faith Angle Conference. Francis S. Collins, former director of the Human Genome Project, discussed why he believes religion and science are compatible and why the current conflict over evolution vs. faith is unnecessary.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Religion-and-Science-Conflict-or-Harmony.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTIn recent years, voters, educators and policymakers in a number of states have become involved in the debate over whether - or how - public school students should learn about evolution and the origins of life.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Fighting-Over-Darwin-State-by-State.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTThe Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey found that views on evolution differ widely across religious groups.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Religious-Differences-on-the-Question-of-Evolution.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTThis timeline highlights key events in the debate surrounding evolution. http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Evolution-A-Timeline.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTA breakdown of 13 major religious groups' views on the issue. http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Religious-Groups-Views-on-Evolution.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTAt first glance, Charles Darwin seems an unlikely revolutionary. Growing up a shy and unassuming member of a wealthy British family, he appeared, at least to his father, to be idle and directionless. But even as a child, Darwin expressed an interest in nature.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Darwin-and-His-Theory-of-Evolution.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTAs with many social and political controversies in the United States, the battle over evolution has been largely fought in courtrooms.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/The-Social-and-Legal-Dimensions-of-the-Evolution-Debate-in-the-US.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTAlmost 150 years after Charles Darwin published his groundbreaking work On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Americans are still fighting over evolution. http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Overview-The-Conflict-Between-Religion-and-Evolution.aspxThu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTMore than two-thirds of states have constitutional provisions restricting state aid to religious organizations; these state constitutional provisions are collectively known as the Blaine Amendments.http://www.pewforum.org/Church-State-Law/The-Blaine-Game-Controversy-Over-the-Blaine-Amendments-and-Public-Funding-of-Religion.aspxWed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 GMTNearly a half-century after the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling striking down school-sponsored prayer, Americans continue to fight over the place of religion in public schools. http://www.pewforum.org/Church-State-Law/Religion-in-the-Public-Schools.aspx