NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/02/27
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-02-27 15:34. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, The bill to unblock the NGSS in Wyoming is awaiting the governor's signature. A Darwin Day resolution was filed in Pennsylvania, while in Indiana the antiscience bill is dead. And NCSE is seeking two interns for the summer.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/02/20
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-02-20 15:22. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A preview of Anthony D. Barnosky's Dodging Extinction for your reading pleasure.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/02/13
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-02-13 15:03. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, The effort to unblock the Next Generation Science Standard in Wyoming continues. Antiscience bills in Montana and South Dakota are dead, but are Utah's new science standards in trouble? Plus Darwin Day resolutions are introduced in the Arizona House of Representatives and the United States Senate. And -- speaking of which -- a reminder about Darwin Day.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/02/06
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-02-06 17:00. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A Darwin Day resolution is introduced in Congress. A new survey compares acceptance of climate change and of evolution on the part of scientists and the general public. Montana's antiscience bill hits the headlines. Plus news and more news from Scotland, NCSE thanks its supporting organizations, and a reminder about Darwin Day.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/01/30
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-01-30 15:15. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, NCSE is seeking to hire a Director of Community Organizing and Research. Plus a busy week in statehouses across the country: the fourth antiscience bill of 2015 appeared in South Dakota, the bill to unblock the NGSS advanced in Wyoming, the fifth antiscience bill of 2015 is imminent in Montana, and the third antiscience bill of 2015 appeared in Oklahoma. Plus a new issue of RNCSE, kudos to David Morrison, and a reminder about Darwin Day.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/01/23
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-01-23 19:57. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, Progress in Wyoming. News and more news about antiscience legislation in Indiana. Plus congratulations to Richard Lewontin, a Facebook milestone for NCSE, and a reminder about Darwin Day.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/01/16
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-01-16 15:14. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, Antievolution legislation in Missouri. News and more news from West Virginia. And a word about Darwin Day!
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/01/09
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-01-09 15:29. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A preview of James McClintock's Lost Antarctica. And a spate of reaction to West Virginia's undermining of climate science in its new state science standards.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/01/02
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-01-02 17:00. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, The creationist lawsuit against the NGSS is back. Plus discouraging signs from West Virginia, where the treatment of climate in new state science standards was compromised, but encouraging signs from Wyoming, where a bill to repeal the ban on adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards was filed.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2014/12/26
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2014-12-26 15:21. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, Congratulations are in order for a member of NCSE's Advisory Council. Michigan's anti-NGSS bill is dead. And a voice for evolution from Leeds.