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Education Day

Last Call for Intelligent Design Education Days, March 14 and 23, in Seattle and Dallas!

As a former STEM teacher, I think it’s safe to say that one of a science instructor’s biggest challenges is to instill in students an exciting and genuine sense of discovery through the scientific process. Read More ›
avida

Education or Obfuscation? Avida in Science Class

You might think teaching about evolution in public schools is already about as misleading as it can be. Then, you find, it gets worse. Read More ›
Alabama State Capitol

Proposed Evolution Education Policy, Alabama’s HB 258, Is Not a Good Idea

What could go wrong? First, if this bill were to be passed, it would be declared unconstitutional by the courts. Read More ›
Satyapal Singh
Satyapal Singh
Photo: Satyapal Singh, by Praketarya (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

In Indian Politics, Evolution News Helps to Stir Things Up

An Indian Cabinet minister, Satyapal Singh, with responsibility for education, had noted that Darwinian evolution is “scientifically wrong” and “not scientific.” Read More ›
panda

Of Pandas and Poor Journalism

Discovery, wonder, learning, exploration: That’s what we want young people to experience in science class. Read More ›
New Cosmos

Fun! Cosmos and 2015 Censor of the Year Neil deGrasse Tyson Get a Second Season

The fabulist Dr. Tyson returns, and we commit ourselves in advance to being there to watch and check his facts. Read More ›
Oxford tutorial

For U.K. Students, Education or Indoctrination?

A new study from Nature Ecology & Evolution supposedly shows that acceptance of evolution is linked to lack of scientific knowledge. Read More ›
Retro Reports
New York Times

NY Times Permits Intelligent Design Proponents to Speak for Themselves; Yes, Really!

Check it out this video documentary and see for yourself. Admittedly, the bar for our being impressed was very low. Read More ›
celebrate science

Celebrate Science? Of Course, But…

Today is the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Science Day for Peace and Development. Read More ›
Utah science standards
Utah
Photo credit: Leland Francisco, via Flickr.

Dear Utah: Teach About the Scientific Controversy Over Evolution, Not About Intelligent Design

The Utah Board of Education last week began the state’s science standards review process. Read More ›

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