SHARE TWEET EMAIL PRINT
Glenn Branch
10.23.2008

AAAS concerned about Texas science standards

Alan I. LeshnerAlan I. Leshner

Writing in the Houston Chronicle (October 22, 2008), the chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Alan I. Leshner, deplores the recent appointment of three antievolutionists to a committee charged with reviewing a draft of Texas's state science standards. "The new standards will shape how science education is taught in Texas for the next decade, and it would be a terrible mistake to water down the teaching of evolution in any way," he writes, adding, "At a time when most educators are working to prepare students for 21st century jobs, the board members' action threatens to confuse students, divide communities and tarnish Texas' reputation as an international science and technology center."

+ read
SHARE TWEET EMAIL PRINT
Glenn Branch
10.22.2008

Coalition defends draft standards in Texas

"The State Board of Education's decisions in the coming months will affect both the college preparation and future job qualifications of our children. Our students deserve a sound education that includes the latest findings of scientific research and excludes ideas that have failed to stand up to scientific scrutiny." That was the message of the 21st Century Science Coalition's advisory committee -- Daniel I. Bolnick, R. E. Duhrkopf, David M. Hillis, Ben Pierce, and Sahotra Sarkar -- delivered in twin op-eds recently published in two Texas newspapers, the Waco Tribune (October 19, 2008), and the Austin American-Statesman (October 21, 2008).

+ read
SHARE TWEET EMAIL PRINT
Glenn Branch
10.22.2008

Ayala profiled in Scientific American

NCSE Supporter Francisco Ayala was profiled in the November 2008 issue of Scientific American. "After some 30 years of proselytizing about evolution to Christian believers, the esteemed evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Irvine, has honed his arguments to a fine point," Sally Lehrman writes. "The 74-year-old Ayala is preparing for an exceptionally busy 2009. The year marks the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birthday and the sesquicentennial of the publication of On the Origin of Species, and the battle over the teaching of evolution is sure to heat up. Ayala says the need is especially great for scientists to engage religious people in dialogue."

+ read
SHARE TWEET EMAIL PRINT
Susan Spath
10.18.2008

Welcome!

Welcome to the new edition of our website, featuring news, information, and commentary about all aspects of the creationism/evolution controversy. We hope you will find our resources valuable and interesting. If you have comments, please send them to:   webmaster at ncseweb.org

If you are looking for our new rss feed, it is available at http://www.ncseweb.org/rss.xml

Thank you, and we hope you enjoy the site!
+ read
SHARE TWEET EMAIL PRINT
Glenn Branch
10.16.2008

Antievolutionists asked to review draft standards in Texas

Three antievolutionists have been appointed to a six-member committee to review the draft set of Texas state science standards, and defenders of the integrity of science education are livid. "The committee was chosen by 12 of the 15 members of the board of education, with each panel member receiving the support of two board members," as the Dallas Morning News (October 16, 2008) explains. Six members of the board "aligned with social conservative groups" chose Stephen C. Meyer, the director of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, Ralph Seelke, a biology professor at the University of Wiconsin, Superior, and Charles Garner, a chemistry professor at Baylor University.

+ read