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Connecticut state house
Connecticut state house
Mandatory climate change education bill in Connecticut again
Connecticut's House Bill 5215 (PDF), introduced by the Joint Committee on Education on February 20, 2020, would amend the Connecticut General Statutes to require the teaching of climate change in science classes consistent with the Next Generation Science Standards (which Connecticut adopted in…
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Iowa capitol building
"Anti-indoctrination" bill in Iowa
House File 2184, introduced on January 30, 2020, and referred to the House Education Committee, would, if enacted, require the state board of education to adopt a code of ethics to prevent public school teachers in the state from engaging in what it describes as "political or ideological…
George Coyne
George Coyne
George V. Coyne, former Vatican astronomer and defender of evolution, dies at 87
The astronomer and priest George V. Coyne, S.J., died on February 11, 2020, at the age of 87, according to The New York Times (February 14, 2020), which said that he "defended Galileo and Darwin against doctrinaire Roman Catholics and challenged atheists, too, by insisting that science and…
Idaho science standards document
Idaho science standards document
Science standards safe in Idaho ... for now
The Idaho Senate Education Committee unanimously voted to approve the state science standards on February 12, 2020, according to Idaho Education News (February 12, 2020). Although the House Education Committee voted earlier to repeal the standards, as NCSE previously reported, the Senate Education…
All aboard the evolution bus authored by Glenn Branch
All aboard the evolution bus authored by Glenn Branch
All aboard the evolution bus!
NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch contributed "All Aboard the Evolution Bus!" (PDF) to the February 2020 issue of The American Biology Teacher, published by the National Association of Biology Teachers. Branch's column focused on NABT's recently updated statement on the teaching of…
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Darwin Day resolutions in Congress
Darwin Day resolutions have been again introduced in both houses of Congress, according to a February 12, 2020, press release from the American Humanist Association. The resolutions — House Resolution 847 and Senate Resolution 495 — would, if passed, express support of designating February 12, 2020…
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Woman looking at a computer, chewing pencil
How to (productively) discuss climate change online
It took less than five minutes to destroy my YouTube recommendations. I’ll admit that sometimes I go undercover to lurk around climate skeptic Facebook groups. In order to be effective at my job, I need to understand the nuances of the climate change misinformation campaign and there is no better…
Why Teach Evolution campaign
Why Teach Evolution campaign
NCSE completes #WhyTeachEvolution campaign on Darwin Day 2020
NCSE's #WhyTeachEvolution campaign, intended to draw attention to the critical importance of teaching evolution in our nation's schools, culminated on Darwin Day — February 12, 2020. As part of the campaign, NCSE asked scientists, educators, authors, and science fans to write brief essays…
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Flag of Wales
A disappointment for evolution education in Wales
Despite the advice of a group of the United Kingdom's leading scientists and educators, the new national curriculum for Wales neither increases the amount of evolution in the curriculum nor explicitly prohibits the teaching of creationism, according to Humanists UK (January 28, 2020). Humanists UK…

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