Florida's House Bill 825, prefiled on November 28, 2017, would, if enacted, require "[c]ontroversial theories and concepts ... [to] be taught in a factual, objective, and balanced manner," while allowing local school districts to use either the state science standards or alternatives "equivalent to or more rigorous than" them.
A new study suggests that textbooks that miseducate students about evolution and climate change may be in wide use in private schools that receive public funding through voucher or tax-credit schemes, 
The eminent biological anthropologist Colin Groves died on November 30, 2017, at the age of 75, 
The distinguished philosopher of mind Jerry Fodor died on November 29, 2017, at the age of 82,