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Glenn Branch
03.03.2017

Antiscience bill in Iowa

Iowa's House File 480, introduced and referred to the House Education Committee on March 1, 2017, would, if enacted, require teachers in Iowa's public schools to include "opposing points of view or beliefs" to accompany any instruction relating to evolution, the origins of life, global warming, or human cloning.

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Glenn Branch
03.01.2017

RNCSE 37:1 now on-line

Reports of the NCSE logo

NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line. 

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Glenn Branch
02.28.2017

NCSE's annual report for 2016

NCSE Annual Report 2016 coverNCSE's annual report for 2016 is now available (PDF) on NCSE's website.

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Glenn Branch
02.28.2017

Indiana antiscience resolution passes the Senate

Indiana's Senate Resolution 17, which targets the teaching of evolution in Indiana's public schools, was passed on a 40-9 vote by the Senate on February 27, 2017. 

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Glenn Branch
02.27.2017

Climate change to remain deleted from draft Idaho standards

Idaho's Senate Education Committee voted, on party lines, to delete five standards — those discussing climate change and human impact on the environment — from a proposed new set of state science standards for Idaho on February 27, 2017, according to Idaho Ed News (February 27, 2017).

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Glenn Branch
02.27.2017

Antiscience resolution in Alabama

Alabama's House Joint Resolution 78 (PDF), introduced and referred to the House Rules Committee on February 23, 2017, would, if adopted, ostensibly urge state and local education authorities to promote the academic freedom of science teachers in the state's public schools. "Biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning" are specifically identified as controversial.

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Glenn Branch
02.27.2017

Antiscience bill progresses in Oklahoma

Oklahoma's Senate Bill 393 (PDF), which would empower science denial in the classroom, was passed on a 13-1 vote by the Senate Education Committee on February 27, 2017.

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Glenn Branch
02.24.2017

NCSE's Branch in The Science Teacher

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NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch contributed a column, entitled "It's About Time To Teach Evolution Forthrightly," to the February 2017 issue of The Science Teacher, a special issue devoted to evolution.

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Glenn Branch
02.24.2017

Antiscience bills in Florida

A pair of bills introduced in the Florida legislature — House Bill 989 and Senate Bill 1210 — are ostensibly aimed at empowering taxpayers to object to the use of specific instructional materials in the public schools, for example on the grounds that they fail to provide "a noninflammatory, objective, and balanced viewpoint on issues." There is reason to believe that evolution and climate change are among the targets.

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Glenn Branch
02.24.2017

Indiana antiscience resolution progresses

Indiana's Senate Resolution 17, which targets the teaching of evolution in Indiana's public schools, was passed on a 7-3 vote by the Senate Committee on Education and Career Development on February 22, 2017. 

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