Science is about the unbiased observation of quantitative data and is not a religion, nor does it compete with religion. There were times when the church has clearly refused to believe proven scientific observation - such as Galileo and Copernicous and the whole "earth revolves around the sun" thing (I've always found that particularly odd because it's not in any way at odds with the Bible), however I think this tends to be the exception rather than the rule and I think most Christians do not disagree with any proven scientific fact (I certainly don't know any who do).
Collectively, however, we still do not know everything - there is a point where scientific fact ends which therefore is the point at which faith begins. Anything that is believed by anyone which has not yet been proven, is therefore faith. If something is scientifically proveable, it is a scientific law. Until it's proven, it is a theory. To believe in a theory is to have faith in it, because it's not proveable - otherwise it would be a law.
Personally, I believe a literal account of Creation, however this is based on faith - I don't have any proof that God created the world in this manner. Others believe that God created the world through the Big Bang and Darwin's theory of evolution. Still others believe in the Big Bang and the theory of evolution, but don't attribute it to God. There are plenty of other beliefs regarding the origin of life and the universe, but the point remains - they are all theories, not a single one has been proven yet and therefore all of them require faith in order to believe in them.
Science is not at odds with the truth, nor is it at odds with something not proven: it is only at odds with something proven to be false. Until such time as someone proves that religion is false, science and education cannot possibly be at odds with them.
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