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NCSE Weekly Update – 9.25.15

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Bob

  WHITHER ALABAMA’S EVOLUTION DISCLAIMER? When the Alabama board of education voted to approve a new set of science standards on September 10, 2015, in which evolution was described as “substantiated with much direct and indirect evidence,” the question arose: … Continue reading →

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NCSE Weekly Update – 9.18.15

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Bob

A PREVIEW OF THE STORY OF LIFE IN 25 FOSSILS NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview of Donald R. Prothero’s The Story of Life in 25 Fossils (Columbia University Press, 2015). The preview consists of chapter 15, “Terror … Continue reading →

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NCSE Weekly Update 8.28.15

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Bob

  A PREVIEW OF EVOLUTION: MAKING SENSE OF LIFE NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview of the second edition of Carl Zimmer and Douglas J. Emlen’s Evolution: Making Sense of Life (Roberts and Company, 2015). The preview consists … Continue reading →

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NCSE Weekly Update – 7.24.15: NO SENATE RESOLUTION ON CLIMATE EDUCATION

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Bob

Dear friends of NCSE, A proposed resolution on climate science education fails to reach the Senate floor. When the United States Senate passed the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 on July 16, 2015, a proposed resolution acknowledging the scientific … Continue reading →

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Evolution and Climate Change Update – 7.17.2015

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Bob

    UPDATE FROM THE SENATE Two of the three amendments concerning climate change education under consideration are out of commission as the United States Senate continues to discuss a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. … Continue reading →

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NCSE Evolution and Climate Change Update – 7.10.15

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Bob

CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION IN THE SENATE Climate change education is suddenly under discussion in the United States Senate, the National Journal (July 9, 2015) reports, with the introduction of dueling amendments to a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary … Continue reading →

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NCSE Weekly Update: 6.12.15

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Bob

      THE CLERGY CLIMATE LETTER Over one hundred clergy—including leaders of Christian, Jewish, Unitarian, and Humanist groups—have endorsed a new Clergy Climate Letter. The letter, modeled roughly on the pro-evolution Clergy Letter Project (which boasts over 13,000 clergy), … Continue reading →

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National Center for Science Education Weekly Update – 3/27/2015

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Bob

AFT ADDS ITS VOICE FOR EVOLUTION The chorus of support for the teaching of evolution continues, with a statement from the American Federation of Teachers, adopted in 2014. In its statement, the AFT observes that “biological evolution is a fundamental … Continue reading →

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Science Teachers Must Remain Vigilant

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Bob

  The last week has generated plenty of news concerning bad bills in the Oklahoma legislature.  Without a doubt, the proposal to eliminate APUSH by defunding the program is troubling as is the subsequent mischaracterization of the entire Advanced Placement … Continue reading →

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NCSE Update – 2.6.2015

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Bob

DARWIN DAY RESOLUTION IN CONGRESS House Resolution 67, introduced in the United States House of Representatives on February 2, 2015, would, if passed, express the House’s support of designating February 12, 2015, as Darwin Day, and its recognition of “Charles … Continue reading →

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