Type post Author Casey Luskin Date December 27, 2013 CategoriesIntelligent DesignScience EducationScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, News, Texas #6 of Our Top-Ten Evolution Stories of 2013: How "Freethought" Bullies Threatened College into Cancelling Intelligent Design Course Casey Luskin December 27, 2013 Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom 20 The outline of this story is now, sadly, a familiar one. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date December 24, 2013 CategoriesScience Education Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News, science #9 of Our Top-Ten Evolution Stories of 2013: Science Nationalized: Unleashing the Next Generation Science Standards David Klinghoffer December 24, 2013 Science Education 1 In the context of scientific controversies from climate change to Darwinian evolution, the buzz phrase of the moment is "science denial." Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date December 11, 2013 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignScience EducationScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review Why the Situation at Amarillo College Matters David Klinghoffer December 11, 2013 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom 1 Intimidation applied to teaching and research about ID now extends up and down the scale of academic prestige. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date December 10, 2013 CategoriesIntelligent DesignScience EducationScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review Bullies-R-Us: How “Freethought Oasis” Threatened “Disruption” and Pressured a College into Cancelling Intelligent Design Course Casey Luskin December 10, 2013 Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom 19 The outline of this story is now, sadly, a familiar one. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date December 6, 2013 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionScience Education Tagged , __nedited, “consensus science”, eugenics, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, scientific racisim, Scopes Monkey Trial Do Admirers of John Scopes Embrace What Their Hero Actually Taught? Michael Egnor December 6, 2013 Bioethics, Evolution, Science Education 5 Jerry Coyne of Why Evolution Is True recently went so far as to have himself photographed embracing Scopes's grave. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date November 19, 2013 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignLegal Science (jurisprudence)Science Education Tagged , __k-review, Nation In the Freshwater Case, the Ohio Supreme Court Dodges Ruling on Academic Freedom to Critique Darwinian Evolution Casey Luskin November 19, 2013 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education 16 The Court's ruling upholds John Freshwater's termination, but its reasoning has nothing to do with the teaching of evolution. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date November 19, 2013 CategoriesEnvironment & ClimateEvolutionScience EducationScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, News Leading Science-Denial Group, National Center for Science Education, Taps New Executive Director to Succeed Eugenie Scott David Klinghoffer November 19, 2013 Environment & Climate, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom 1 What the NCSE really needed was a clone. And it looks like they think they've found one. Read More ›
Type post Date November 19, 2013 CategoriesEvolutionScience Education Tagged , __k-review, News, Texas Texas Set to Adopt Textbooks that Disregard State Science Standards Requiring Critical Evaluation of Evolutionary Theory Science & Culture November 19, 2013 Evolution, Science Education 1 "Sadly, students will pay the price. Excellence in science education is poorly served by a capitulation to dogma." Read More ›
Type post Author Joshua Youngkin Date November 14, 2013 CategoriesEvolutionScience EducationScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, academic freedom, Common Core, Huffington Post, literacy Literacy Professor Goes Illiterate on Academic Freedom Bill Joshua Youngkin November 14, 2013 Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom 1 When interpreting text, including bills, it is important to look at the text one is attempting to interpret. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date November 13, 2013 CategoriesEvolutionScience EducationScience ReportingScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, Texas Want Background on the Science Education Debate in Texas? David Klinghoffer November 13, 2013 Evolution, Science Education, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom 1 We've got it, including Stephen Meyer's 2009 expert testimony before the Texas State Board of Education. Read More ›