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Happy Darwin Day!
In addition to the usual reasons for us to celebrate Darwin Day, we have three more. First, due to popular demand, Alan Gishlick's acclaimed critique of Icons of Evolution, "ICONS OF EVOLUTION? Why much of what Jonathan Wells writes about evolution is wrong," is now available in PDF format on…
Understanding Evolution
The National Center for Science Education and the University of California Museum of Paleontology are pleased to announce that the Understanding Evolution web site is now live. The Understanding Evolution web site -- written for teachers but accessible to the general public -- is intended to…
Georgia Regresses: Drops E-Word
Georgia is in the process of revising its 1997 “Quality Control Curriculum” (QCC) science education standards. The previous standards received a grade of F on Dr. Lawrence Lerner’s 2000 evaluation of science education standards produced for the Fordham Foundation. The earlier standards used the…
The New Creationism and Its Threat to Science Literacy and Education
Joel Cracraft’s editorial “The New Creationism and Its Threat to Science Literacy and Education” appears in the January 2004 issue of BioScience, the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Cracraft, the president of AIBS, is also Curator-in-Charge of the Department of…
Bill Requiring Equal Treatment of Intelligent Design and Evolution
A bill to be introduced in the current session of the Missouri General Assembly would require "the equal treatment of science instruction regarding evolution and intelligent design". House Bill 911 contains a long list of proposed definitions of terms and concepts such as "analogous naturalistic…
Roseville Teachers Reject Antievolutionist Materials
Science teachers in the Roseville Joint Union High School District have told the district that they do not want to add antievolutionist materials to the district science curriculum, according to the Sacramento Bee (December 28, 2003). The materials, recommended by Larry Caldwell, a local…
Grand Canyon National Park Embroiled in Creationism Issue
In August 2003, NCSE sponsored a raft trip down Grand Canyon. We then became aware that the Grand Canyon Association, a private nonprofit organized to benefit Grand Canyon National Park, was selling a creationist book in its bookstores. The book, Grand Canyon: Another View, by river guide…
Project Steve Update
Today seems like a good day to bring you up to date on Project Steve, NCSE's parody of the long-standing antievolutionist tradition of amassing lists of PhDs who doubt evolution. Why today? Because December 26 is, as it happens, St. Stephen's Day. When the Steveometer hit 400, with the…
Brian Alters Wins Highest Teaching Award at McGill
NCSE member Brian Alters, associate professor of education at McGill University, was awarded the 2003 Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching at McGill University. This university-wide award follows Alters's receipt in May 2003 of the College of Education's highest teaching award…

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