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In South Dakota, More Groundless Alarm about Academic Freedom

South Dakota’s HB 1270, proposed this year, was a simple, straightforward academic freedom bill. Unfortunately, it did not pass. Read More ›
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Academic Freedom Resolutions — For Darwin Day, Another Valuable Option for Citizen Activists

You may already know about academic freedom bills — such as those passed in Louisiana in 2008 and Tennessee in 2012. 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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Chaffee, Sewell: “Evolution — More Certain Than Gravity?”

“Imagine two science teachers. Mr. Smith expects students simply to memorize and correctly regurgitate.” Read More ›
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Human Exceptionalism Explains the Longing for a “Human Touch”

No doubt evolutionary psychologists could a tell a story to explain this. They always can. Something about tribes of hunter-gatherers. Read More ›
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Here, Evidently, Is How They Teach Evolution at Louisiana State University

This has got to be one of the dopiest, most simple-minded presentations of the subject that I’ve seen. Read More ›
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Louisiana Science Education Act Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary

The LSEA demonstrates that we don’t have to teach evolution dogmatically in public schools. Read More ›
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An Open Door — Reasons for Hope on Academic Freedom?

As Sarah Chaffee points out, the new Free Science website is an outstanding new resource. Read More ›
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ID Education Day Comes to Dallas, March 23!

It’s an excellent way to supplement what students are learning about the scientific evidence on biological and cosmic origins. Read More ›
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But Why Do Biology Textbooks Retain Discredited Evolutionary Icons?

The “experts” who swoop in to assure schools that their textbooks are in no need of fixing present a psychological puzzle. Read More ›

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