NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2013/04/05
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2013-04-05 15:36. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear Friends of NCSE, A new poll on global warming from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. Plus a new report discusses acceptance of climate change among Republicans, and NCSE's Josh Rosenau discusses what the creationist movement reveals about the future of climate change denial.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2013/03/29
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2013-03-29 14:55. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear Friends of NCSE, NCSE's Mark McCaffrey is interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition. And a preview of Marlene Zuk's Paleofantasy.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2013/03/22
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2013-03-22 16:04. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear Friends of NCSE, The Baton Rouge Advocate endorses the effort to repeal Louisiana's antievolution law. NCSE's Eugenie C. Scott is named as the Rosenblatt Lecturer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for 2013. A proposed revision to the British national curriculum would eliminate any discussion of climate change at the primary level. And a bill to repeal the antievolution law in Louisiana is prefiled -- will the third time be the charm?
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2013/03/15
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2013-03-15 15:25. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear Friends of NCSE, The second of Oklahoma's antiscience bills is dead. A new batch of videos at NCSE's YouTube channel. And ClimateWire covers the recent spate of bills aimed at enabling climate change denial in the public schools.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2013/03/08
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2013-03-08 15:45. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, The young-earth creationist Duane T. Gish is dead. A new report from NCSE discusses how to improve climate and energy literacy in the United States over the next decade. Plus a preview of Peter D. Ward's The Flooded Earth; Zack Kopplin is interviewed on Moyers and Friends; Kansas's "strengths and weaknesses" bill aimed at climate science is dead; and NCSE's Glenn Branch discusses the provenance of antiscience bills at DeSmogBlog.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2013/03/01
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2013-03-01 16:56. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear Friends of NCSE, A new issue of Reports of the NCSE. A graveyard of antiscience bills: Indiana, Arizona, and Oklahoma. And a failed proposal to amend the Virginia state constitution in a way that apparently would allow students to opt out of learning about evolution.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2013/02/22
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2013-02-22 17:30. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear Friends of NCSE, The Friend of Darwin awards for 2013 are announced. Plus a detailed profile of Zack Kopplin appeared in the Houston Press, NCSE's Project Steve celebrated its tenth anniversary, and a "strengths and weaknesses" bill aimed at climate science was introduced in the Kansas legislature.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2013/02/15
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2013-02-15 14:44. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear Friends of NCSE, Missouri's equal-time-for-"intelligent design" bill is in the news again. And a new poll addresses public opinion about climate change.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2013/02/08
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2013-02-08 16:30. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear Friends of NCSE, Good news from Montana and Colorado. The New York Times discusses the proposed Congressional resolution about Darwin Day while the Guardian discusses the current spate of antievolution legislation. And a reminder about Darwin Day.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2013/02/01
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2013-02-01 15:08. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear Friends of NCSE, A preview of a graphic biography of Darwin. Antiscience legislation in Arizona and in Indiana. And a reminder about Darwin Day.