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The National Center for Science Education sent an e-mail highlighting a useful book that can be downloaded free online, entitled Religion in the Public Schools<\/em><\/a>. It provides legal advice about what it is legal and not legal to teach with respect to religion in such a setting, as well as issues related to evolution and science education.<\/p>\n