(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Arkansas's creationism bill is apparently dead. And NCSE is pleased to
offer a glimpse of Moore and McComas's The Scopes Monkey Trial.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Frontline reports on a climate-change-denial campaign targeting
teachers. The instructional material challenge bills make headway in
Florida. The deletion of climate change from Idaho's state science
standards is finalized. And congratulations are in order both for two
lucky teachers and for Richard C. Lewontin.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Bad news from Oklahoma, where the antiscience bill passed the Senate,
despite a spirited denunciation from a high school junior.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Encouraging news from the latest Gallup poll on climate. A column by
NCSE's Glenn Branch for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. And a
report of a survey on public opinion on climate change in four
European countries.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

A busy week again! Nature calls on scientists to defend the integrity
of science education. New science standards are adopted in Louisiana,
while antievolution legislation surfaces in Arkansas, concerns mount
about Oklahoma's antiscience bill, and two antiscience bills die in
Iowa. NCSE endorses the March for Science. And a particularly
egregious antiscience bill appears in Iowa.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

A busy week! A new issue of RNCSE is available on-line, as is NCSE's
annual report for 2016. Indiana's antiscience resolution passes the
Senate. Climate change education receives a blow in Idaho. Antiscience
bills are introduced in Alabama and progress in Oklahoma. The Science
Teacher features a column by NCSE's Glenn Branch. And antiscience
bills are introduced in Florida and progress in Indiana.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Ben Santer appears on Late Night. Victory in South Dakota! NCSE is
seeking to hire a Director of Teacher Support. And congratulations are
in order for NCSE's Emily Schoerning.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

A Darwin Day bill appears in the U.S. Senate. The envelope, please,
for 2017's Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet awards. Plus
Washington's governor declares February 12, 2017, as Darwin Day. And
climate change is censored from Idaho's state science standards.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

A chance to make a film about evolution and win a prize! Plus the
latest news on legislation in South Dakota, Iowa, and Texas. And a
final reminder about Darwin Day.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Disappointing news for Texas state science standards. Darwin Day is
declared in Delaware. Concerns are mounting about the antiscience bill
passed by South Dakota's state senate. And a reminder about Darwin Day
and Evolution Weekend.