NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2018/03/23
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2018-03-23 14:35.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A creationist resolution surfaces in Louisiana. And NCSE is seeking to hire one or two part-time summer interns.
A CREATIONIST RESOLUTION IN LOUISIANA Senate Resolution 33, introduced in the Louisiana Senate on March 20, 2018, would, if passed, commend a former state senator "on his support and endorsement of teaching creationism in public schools." The resolution would honor Bill Keith, who sponsored Louisiana's Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act while serving in the state senate in 1981. The law was subsequently overturned as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court's decision in Edwards v. Aguillard in 1987. It remains on the books, however. As NCSE previously reported, there have been three unsuccessful legislative attempts, most recently in 2016, to repeal it. The chief sponsor of the resolution is John Milkovich (D-District 38), who was the most outspoken opponent of the most recent effort to repeal the Balanced Treatment Act, according to the Associated Press (March 29, 2016). For the text of Louisiana's Senate Resolution 33 (PDF), visit: http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077093 For the Associated Press's story on the most recent repeal effort, visit: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/03/louisiana_senators_refuse_to_r.html And for NCSE's previous coverage of events in Louisiana, visit: https://ncse.com/news/louisiana HELP WANTED: PART-TIME SUMMER INTERNS NCSE is seeking to hire one or two part-time summer interns to work on science education activism projects, with a particular focus on either climate change education or evolution education. This is a unique opportunity for someone with a science background to learn about science advocacy to support one of the most important groups: science teachers. This is a temporary position based in Oakland, California, running from June to August 2016. Further information about duties, qualifications, salary and benefits, and the application process is available from NCSE's job page. For information about the positions, visit: https://ncse.com/about/jobs/#intern Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website -- http://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on evolution and climate education and threats to them. -- Sincerely, Glenn Branch Deputy Director National Center for Science Education, Inc. 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 600 Oakland CA 94612-2922 510-601-7203 fax 510-788-7971 branch@ncse.com https://ncse.com Check out NCSE's blog: https://ncse.com/blog Subscribe to NCSE's free weekly e-newsletter: https://groups.google.com/group/ncse-news NCSE is on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse https://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd https://twitter.com/ncse NCSE's work is supported by its members. Join today! https://ncse.com/join
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