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Long Story Short Debunks Another Tall Tale of Self-Replication

While posing as an educational video with scientific authority, this offering from Stated Clearly conveniently sweeps well-established science under the rug. Read More ›
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Long Story Short Detonates Propaganda About the Origin of Life

These popular origin-of-life videos subordinate science to ideology. Accurate science clearly contradicts their teaching. Read More ›
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Survey Misclassifies Darwin-Doubting Teachers

This project cannot tell us how many students are taught evolution dogmatically and how many are studying it scientifically. Read More ›
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In the NGSS, a Dogmatic Standard on Evolution

Inaccurate teaching about evolution is widespread, as Jonathan Wells’s review of textbooks shows. Read More ›
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How Should We Then Teach Evolution? 

Students who learn the difficult but important skills of examining data are more likely to engage in learning that sets them up for future STEM success. Read More ›
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From The Atlantic on Teaching Human Evolution, a Bit of Rare Honesty in Reporting

With permission from John West and Sarah Chaffee, here is the full text of their interview with staff writer Olga Khazan. Read More ›
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State Science Standards and You: Utah in Focus

While discussions of science standards are often couched in bureaucratic-sounding language, the impact of these policies can be profound. Read More ›
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Biomimetics Moves STEM Education in an Intriguing Direction

An initiative by a major biomimetics lab to prepare students for careers in STEM introduces them to biological coding. Read More ›
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Using Religion to Push Evolution in Public School Biology Class — What Could Go Wrong?

A much better approach would be no religion in biology class, and more science. Read More ›
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On Science Standards, New Mexico Falls Off Both Sides of the Boat

New Mexico’s science standards review process has been all over the news in the past several weeks. Read More ›

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