News tagged with teaching of evolution
Science setback for Texas schools
Mar 31, 2009 |
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After three all-day meetings and a blizzard of amendments and counter-amendments, the Texas Board of Education cast its final vote Friday on state science standards. The results weren't pretty.
Texas board hears testimony on science standards
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tensions over the teaching of evolution are simmering as the State Board of Education begins the final stretch in the process of adopting new classroom science curriculum standards.
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Evolution education is a 'must' says coalition of scientific and teaching organizations
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Jan 02, 2008 |
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17 organizations report on national survey to determine public views of evolution education A coalition of 17 organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Institute of Physics, and the National S ...
UAB professor's book promises solution for teaching evolution without conflict
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor Lee Meadows, Ph.D., is author of a new book that claims it's possible to teach evolution without offending students who have strong religious convictions against ...
Guides for teaching evolution
Apr 01, 2006 |
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Some U.S. students are taking it upon themselves to wedge creationism into the classroom, sometimes with snide comments and sometimes with questions.
Teaching evolution: Legal victories aren't enough
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May 20, 2008 |
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In many ways, much has changed since the famous Scopes Monkey trial of 1925. In recent years, US courts have consistently ruled that teaching explicitly religious alternatives to evolution in public schools is a violation ...
Texas education board approves science standards (Update)
Mar 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Texas will no longer require educators to teach weaknesses of all scientific theories, including evolution.
Ohio changes its mind regarding evolution
Feb 15, 2006 |
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The state of Ohio has changed its mind about the teaching of evolution, dropping a rule mandating inclusion of anti-evolution material in biology classes.
Evolution debate reaches South Carolina
May 09, 2006 |
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South Carolina lawmakers are again embroiled in the continuing evolution controversy to decide how textbooks should present scientific theory.
Science wins fight over evolution in schools, says Case Western Reserve University author
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 08, 2009 |
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If you want to understand how evolution has challenged the constitutionality of the separation of church and state, Mano Singham from Case Western Reserve University provides a concise and chronological history in his new ...
AAAS denounces bills undermining evolution
Feb 20, 2006 |
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science, meeting in St. Louis, said Sunday it strongly denounced legislation undermining evolution.
British may teach 'Adam and Eve' theory
Feb 06, 2006 |
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The flap concerning the teaching of intelligent design as a scientific concept contradicting Darwin's theory of evolution has spread to Britain.
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