J. Kerby Anderson is president of Probe Ministries in Richardson, Texas, which aims to bring biblical teachings into American public life, including the schools.

Phyllis Schlafly is the founder of Eagle Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative grassroots organization involved in the public school textbook controversy from the conservative Christian side.

Steven Buri is president of the Discovery Institute in Seattle. The think tank is a prominent opponent of Darwinian orthodoxy and has found many instances in which it says Texas biology textbooks are inaccurate or misleading. It also pushes school districts to have textbooks that teach the controversy over creationism and evolution.

Robert J. Nash is a professor of leadership and developmental sciences at the University of Vermont, Burlington. He wrote the 1999 book Faith, Hype and Clarity: Teaching About Religion in American Schools and Colleges (Teachers College Press, 1998).

Bruce Grelle, a professor of religious studies at California State University, Chico, directs the Religion and Public Education Project, which provides general information about the ethical, legal, and educational issues that arise in connection with the topic of religion and public education.

Leland Ryken is Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College in Illinois. His expertise includes the teaching of the Bible.

Joseph Conn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State wrote a critical review of the student text “The Bible and Its Influence.”

Mark Chancey is associate professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas who has written about teaching the Bible in public schools.

Elizabeth Ridenour is president of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, whose goal is to introduce a state-certified Bible elective into public high schools nationwide. See a list of its advisory board and board of directors. It’s based in Greensboro, N.C.