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.
A trial to sing about?The 1925 Scopes Trial was just that, inspiring more than a dozen popular songs, several of which would have topped the “Hot 100” charts ...
Let’s all go to the Scopes Trial play!The Destiny in Dayton cast is getting ready for next week’s debut of the 2026 edition of the Scopes Trial dramatization at the Rhea Coun...
Courtroom drama, insults, humor and an argument that has... See for yourself how the parental rights/government control argument entered the public consciousness during the Scopes Trial in 1925 – ...
TN250 Bash Rhea County KickoffNokian Tyres Summer Nights concert series was a huge success this year, attracting hundreds of music lovers on Friday nights in June. We...
Scopes Trial Play: Destiny in DaytonRead More
Jul 24, 2026
7:00 PM EDT
1475 Market Street
Dayton, TN 37321
Scopes Trial Play: Destiny in DaytonRead More
Jul 25, 2026
2:00 PM EDT
1475 Market Street
Dayton, TN 37321
