I remember the exact moment learning evolution in school first made me feel genuinely connected to every living thing on this planet, part of one continuous unbroken story -- I want every kid to get to feel that same sense of wonder grounded in what we can actually observe and test.
The US National Academy of Sciences has repeatedly affirmed evolution as the scientific consensus supported by overwhelming, independently-verified evidence across genetics, fossil records, and observed speciation, which is why federal courts, including Kitzmiller v. Dover in 2005, have ruled teaching alternative origin theories as science in public schools violates the distinction between science curriculum and religious belief.