NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/04/07
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2017-04-07 14:27. National Center for Science Education(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.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/03/31
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2017-03-31 15:43. National Center for Science Education(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.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/03/24
Submitted by Peter Burns on Sat, 2017-03-25 01:31. National Center for Science Education(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.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/03/17
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2017-03-17 15:38. National Center for Science Education(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.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/03/10
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2017-03-10 16:07. National Center for Science Education(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.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/03/03
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2017-03-03 15:25. National Center for Science Education(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.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/02/24
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2017-02-24 15:49. National Center for Science Education(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.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/02/17
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2017-02-17 17:36. National Center for Science Education(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.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/02/10
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2017-02-10 15:37. National Center for Science Education(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.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/02/03
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2017-02-03 17:19. National Center for Science Education(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.