Tag Archives: NCSE

NCSE Update, 1/17/14

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Bob

ANTISCIENCE BILL IN OKLAHOMA Senate Bill 1765, styled the Oklahoma Science Education Act, is the second antiscience bill of the year. As is increasingly common with antiscience legislation, SB 1765 would, if enacted, in effect encourage science teachers with idiosyncratic … Continue reading →

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NCSE training: Citizen response to attacks on science education

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Bob

Monday, Nov 25, 2013 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST   What can citizens like you do to respond when science education comes under attack? How can you and other concerned citizens organize to fight back? What can you do … Continue reading →

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From NCSE: Evolution and Climate Change Weekly Update – 11/8/13

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Bob

WALLACEANA! In honor of the centenary of the death of Alfred Russel Wallace, NCSE is pleased to list a number of on-line resources on Wallace’s life and work. Wallace, who is credited along with Charles Darwin for formulating evolution by … Continue reading →

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NCSE Evolution and Climate Change Update: October 18

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Bob

PUBLISHERS HOLD THE LINE IN TEXAS “Materials submitted to the Texas Education Agency and examined by the Texas Freedom Network and university scientists show that publishers are resisting pressure to undermine instruction on evolution in their proposed new high school … Continue reading →

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NCSE Evolution and Climate Change Update, 10/4/2013

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Bob

NCSE’S LATEST IN EVOLUTION: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH “Kentucky’s A-minus defense of evolution,” by NCSE’s Glenn Branch, was just published in Evolution: Education and Outreach. The abstract of his article: “A recent report from the Kentucky Department of Education summarizes and … Continue reading →

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NCSE: Evolution and Climate Update – 9.27.13

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Bob

NCSE’S LATEST IN EVOLUTION: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH “Peking, Piltdown, and Paluxy: Creationist Legends about Paleoanthropology,” by NCSE’s Glenn Branch and Eugenie C. Scott, was just published in Evolution: Education and Outreach. The abstract of their article: “Because human evolution is … Continue reading →

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Evolution/ Climate Change Update from NCSE

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Bob

YOUGOV POLL ON EVOLUTION A new poll from YouGov suggests that in the United States the level of public acceptance of creationism and the level for support for teaching creationism in the public schools are down. Asked “Which of the … Continue reading →

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NCSE Weekly Update

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Bob

From the National Center for Science Education weekly update, June 14, 2013 KANSAS ADOPTS NGSS The Kansas state board of education voted 8-2 to accept the Next Generation Science Standards on June 11, 2013, despite protests over their treatment of … Continue reading →

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Evolution and climate education update: May 31, 2013

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Bob

From the National Center for Science Education BACK TO 1981 IN LOUISIANA At its May 29, 2013, meeting, the Louisiana House Committee on Education declined to endorse the attempt to repeal Louisiana’s Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act.  Enacted … Continue reading →

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Evolution and Climate Change Update from NCSE

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Bob

ANTIEVOLUTION BILLS DIE IN MISSOURI Two antievolution bills died in committee in the Missouri House of Representatives on May 17, 2013, when the legislature adjourned. House Bill 179 would have, if enacted, called on state and local education administrators to … Continue reading →

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