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Battle in the Classroom
Battle in the Classroom State science standards under attack Are state science standards worthless? Are kids learning about evolution or being spoon-fed creationist pseudoscience? What's the proper role of state science standards in American public education, anyway? To get some answers, the…
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Nick Matzke, quote hunter
Nick MatzkeFormer NCSE staffer Nick Matzke found a source for a spurious Darwin quotation — and won a prize for it! The passage in question — "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to…
The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach
The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach — the new journal aspiring to promote accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience — is now available on-line. The issue, edited by Kristin Jenkins, Education and Outreach Program Specialist at…
Voyaging with Darwin and RNCSE
HMS BeagleOn August 29, 1831, Darwin received a letter broaching the idea of his sailing on the Beagle. After his father reluctantly decided to allow him to go and after Captain FitzRoy overcame his qualms about the troubling shape of the young naturalist's nose,…
Partial settlement in Freshwater case
A partial settlement was reportedly reached in Doe v. Mount Vernon Board of Education et al., the case in which a Mount Vernon, Ohio, teacher, was accused of inappropriate religious activity in the classroom — including displaying posters with the Ten Commandments and Bible verses, branding…
The e word in the HHMI Bulletin
How can teachers introduce evolution in a non-threatening way? Nancy Volker's article "The E Word," published in the August 2009 issue of the HHMI Bulletin, discusses a number of strategies for introducing evolution gradually and without fanfare. "It's like adding shredded zucchini to a homemade…
Project Steve: n > 1100
With the addition of Stephen D. Kinrade on August 25, 2009, NCSE's Project Steve attained its 1100th signatory. A tongue-in-cheek parody of the long-standing creationist tradition of amassing lists of "scientists who doubt evolution" or "scientists who dissent from Darwinism," Project Steve mocks…
NCSE and the Grand Canyon 2010
Explore the Grand Canyon with Scott and Gish! Seats are now available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon — as featured in The New York Times (October 6, 2005). From Jul 1st to July 9th, 2010, NCSE will again explore the wonders of creation and evolution on a Grand Canyon river run…

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