Many of our fellow citizens believe that creationist claims deserve equal time with evolution in biology class. "After all, isn't evolution just a theory?" The federal government has spent billions on science education over the past 50 years. Curriculum development and teacher training at the pre-college level was supposed to make an impact, but many secondary school science courses are still taught by teachers who may not even have minors in their subjects. Some colleges and universities are considering increasing their science requirements beyond the traditional single semester or year for those who will not major in science, but history suggests that unless we do things differently, the future will be much like the past.