WILL SENTELL of the [Baton Rouge] Advocate Capitol News Bureau reports that “Procedure [have now been] crafted for handling evolution-materials complaints“:
Category Archives: Intelligent Design
Louisiana procedures for disputes over anti-science materials in biology classes
September 25, 2009 – 10:44 am
TCS report on new Texas science standards
August 26, 2009 – 9:55 am
A report by Texas Citizens for Science on the Science Standards adopted by TSBOE in March is now posted on the TCS website. Dr. Steven Schafersman, President of TCS, tweets:
New TCS report on Texas science standards just posted on the website. The new standards can be used to improve evolution education if the science textbook [...]
Mooney & the “new atheists”: another round
August 13, 2009 – 7:26 pm
Another round in the ongoing Neuatheismusstreit was touched off by an opinion piece in the L.A. Times by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, authors of the new book Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future. They write:
It often appears as though Dawkins and his followers–often dubbed the New Atheists, though some object to the [...]
Comer decision appealed
August 13, 2009 – 2:34 pm
added 8/31/2009: The case of the banned band T-shirts in Missouri may be eerily related to this case.
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Chris Comer, who was forced out of her job as Science head in the Texas Education Agency for forwarding an email announcement of a talk by Barbara Forrest in Austin, has filed her brief appealing the decision by [...]
NCSE: Science coverage better, but creationism creeping in
August 13, 2009 – 1:41 pm
A new study by NCSE staff (available in html and pdf) finds improvement in state science standards, marred by the creeping influence of creationist language. Here is the abstract:
In 2000, Lawrence Lerner and the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation reviewed state science standards in 49 states and the District of Columbia, specifically with respect to the [...]
Dembski’s students: Trolling for Grades
August 11, 2009 – 3:46 pm
At Free Range Talk, we find this , on a course being taught by ID proponent William Dembski:
Faith and Science: Are They Compatible?
June 27, 2009 – 1:23 pm
from Steven Schafersman, Ph.D., President, Texas Citizens for Science:
In the last few weeks a tremendous literature has appeared about the compatibility of faith and science.
Go to http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/the-big-accommodatinism-debate-all-relevant-posts/
for links to posts about one of the debates between Jerry Coyne, Chris Mooney, and others. [As of now, it looks like all the posts are linked, but not [...]
Luskin on FoxTV: 100% of textbooks wrong on evolution
May 9, 2009 – 10:45 am
From Newshounds (“We watch Fox so you don’t have to”):
http://www.newshounds.us/2009/05/07/foxfriends_interview_intelligent_design_spokesman_to_critique_textbook_treatment_of_evolution_fair_and_balanced_or_bizarro_world.php
the Comer decision: What “disputed issues”?
April 29, 2009 – 12:17 am
While awaiting news on whether the decision against Chris Comer’s suit against the TEA will be appealed, I have finally gotten around to reading the opinion by District Court Judge Lee Yeakel (not to be confused with the Simpson’s character).
There’s a serious problem in the judge’s analysis (and the TEA’s argument), but to take advantage [...]
McLeroy: We don’t need no evolution
April 25, 2009 – 9:40 pm
Video and audio of the confirmation hearing on McLeroy’s renomination as Chairman of the Texas State Board of Education are now available and linked here.
Here I will just excerpt one point-counterpoint between McLeroy’s testimony and that of Professor Arturo De Lozanne. Throughout these hearings, McLeroy and other creationists have been flatly asserting that it is [...]
Audio for Texas Science Standards March 2009 now available
April 1, 2009 – 2:07 am
Audio files from the sessions of the Texas State Board of Education, March 2009, on state standards (TEKS) for science education (evolution, vs. “strengths and weaknesses,” etc.) are now posted at https://tw-curricuwiki.wikispaces.com/TXSBOE_March2009_Audio .
Texas Science Standards 2009 March 27 — McLeroy’s impassioned plea (links to audio & video)
March 27, 2009 – 2:29 pm
When I first posted this at 1:30 Texas time, the post began: GOOD NEWS !! FOR REAL !! (at last)
Well, the news ended up not so good. Here’s what I wrote then:
The Board has finally voted to strike the first of McLeroy’s creationist amendments — one that was passed in the January meeting. The vote [...]
“Strengths & Weaknesses” fails again in Texas
March 26, 2009 – 12:24 pm
Thursday, March 26, 2009
A bid to restore “Strengths and Weaknesses” language to the Texas Science Standards (TEKS) has again been defeated by a 7-7 vote of the SBOE, meeting as a committee of the whole.
The final vote will be tomorrow.
Audio of Eugenie Scott’s 3/25 testimony is here. Other audio will be posted later.
Audio & Video: Eugenie Scott (NCSE) at TX SBOE hearings 2009-03-25
March 26, 2009 – 1:54 am
Audio of Eugenie Scott’s testimony is now posted at
https://tw-curricuwiki.wikispaces.com/EugenieScottTexasMarch252009
March 27: YouTube video is now added on the page linked above.
You won’t want to miss her interchange with creationist Board member Cynthia Dunbar.
Other audio from this week are now posted at https://tw-curricuwiki.wikispaces.com/TXSBOE_March2009_Audio.
Texas SBOE March 25 testifiers
March 24, 2009 – 4:53 pm
Thursday, July 16, 2009
The Report below is from the official minutes of the meeting, which are posted publicly months after the event. This list shows the speakers who actually spoke during the meeting, in the order in which they actually spoke. These official minutes are followed in this post by the list that was released [...]
McLeroy’s endorsement of creationist nonsence book
March 16, 2009 – 6:47 pm
In a comment on an earlier post here, Scott calls attention to a press release on a new book attacking “evo-atheists” (such as the NAS), with an endorsement by Don McLeroy, who identifies himself in the endorsement as the Chairman of the Texas State Board of Education (!)
For more on this, see “Don McLeroy, Confused [...]
Texas Bill on “Science” Teaching
March 14, 2009 – 12:03 pm
A bill has been introduced in the lower house of the Texas legislature that would mandate and protect anti-science teaching and learning in the state’s science classes.
Instead of elaborating, I’ve just added the emphasis in the text below:
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By: Christian
H.B. No. 4224
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the teaching of science in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE [...]
