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NCSE’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL
(From the National Center for Science Education’s Weekly Evolution Update) Over the Labor Day weekend, NCSE’s YouTube channel achieved a landmark: its millionth view. Debuting in February 2009, NCSE’s Youtube channel now contains over 220 videos, including presentations by and interviews … Continue reading
Was it unconstitutional for a teacher to describe creationism as “superstitious nonsense”?
(From NCSE’s Evolution Education Update – August 26, 2001) Was it unconstitutional for a teacher to describe creationism as “superstitious nonsense”? In 2009, a federal district court ruled that it was, in C. F. et al. v. Capistrano Unified School … Continue reading
TEACHERS “FEELING HEAT” OVER CLIMATE CHANGE
(from NCSE’s Evolution Education Update”) “The U.S. political debate over climate change is seeping into K-12 science classrooms, and teachers are feeling the heat,” according to a report in Science (August 5, 2011). Science educators are increasingly reporting attacks on … Continue reading
EVOLUTION IN THE NRC FRAMEWORK
(From NCSE Evolution Education Update) A Framework for K-12 Science Education—a new publication from the National Research Council offering “a framework that articulates a broad set of expectations for students in science”—emphasizes evolution as one of the “disciplinary core ideas” … Continue reading
Oklahoma’s 2011 Outstanding Biology Teacher Named
Sharon Phillips, Vanoss High School Biology teacher and science supervisor, is the recipient of the 2011 Outstanding Biology Teacher Award (OBTA) for Oklahoma. The OBTA is given each year by the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) to a life … Continue reading
Public Briefing to Release Framework for K-12 Science Education Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The National Research Council is pleased to announce the release of a report that presents a new framework for K-12 science education, identifying the key concepts and practices that all students should learn. The framework offers a new vision for … Continue reading
Two Science Teachers Among Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Finalists
State Superintendent Janet Barresi announced Oklahoma’s Teacher of the Year finalists at a special presentation last week at the annual conference for Oklahoma’s school administrators at the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City. “It is a pleasure to congratulate … Continue reading
“CREATIONISM CRUSADE” IN CHURCH AND STATE
From NCSE’s Evolution Education Update – July 8, 2011 Rob Boston’s “Creationism Crusade,” published in the July/August 2011 issue of Church & State, reviews the latest battles, in state legislatures and elsewhere, over the teaching of evolution. The antievolution bills … Continue reading
POLLING GLOBAL EVANGELICAL LEADERS ON EVOLUTION
A survey of the opinions of evangelical Protestant leaders across the world, conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, included a question on evolution—and found that the leaders were divided. According to the executive summary of the … Continue reading
ACT Releases College and Career Readiness Report for the Class of 2011
A new report from ACT using its College Readiness Benchmarks and ACT test scores provides a series of graphical pictures highlighting the college-and-career readiness of the ACT-tested high school class of 2011. The report found that just 25 percent of … Continue reading →