NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/12/04
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-12-04 16:08.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, Americans United for Separation of Church and State commemorates the upcoming tenth anniversary of the decision in Kitzmiller v. Dover.
AU REMEMBERS KITZMILLER As the tenth anniversary of the decision in Kitzmiller v. Dover approaches, Americans United for Separation of Church and State commemorated the occasion with "Science Lessons," published in the December 2015 issue of Church & State. After reviewing the ruling, which established the unconstitutionality of teaching "intelligent design" creationism in the public schools, the editorial commented, "It's worthwhile to celebrate this ruling on the occasion of its 10-year anniversary. The members and supporters of Americans United, the ACLU and the National Center for Science Education should be proud of the work that was done in this landmark case." But it also observed that, "As satisfying as the victory was, the Kitzmiller case didn't end the dispute over evolution in public schools," citing a recent episode in Glendive, Montana, where there were plans to take a group of third graders on a field trip to a local creationist "museum." The editorial concluded, "We must vow to make sure that our children in public schools are taught modern science untainted by dogma. There must be no more Dovers." Further recollections of and reflections on the Kitzmiller trial are offered in the latest issue of Reports of the NCSE (volume 35, number 6), which features articles by Lauri Lebo, Jennifer Miller, Kenneth R. Miller, Eric Rothschild, and Eugenie C. Scott. For "Science Lessons," visit: https://au.org/church-state/december-2015-church-state/editorial/science-lesson-celebrating-10-years-of-the-dover And for the table of contents of Reports of the NCSE 35:6, visit: http://reports.ncse.com/index.php/rncse/issue/view/31/showToc WHAT'S NEW FROM THE SCIENCE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Have you been visiting NCSE's blog, The Science League of America, recently? If not, then you've missed: * Emily Schoerning reporting on the first round of the Science Booster Club's grants to teachers: http://ncse.com/blog/2015/12/giving-tuesday-science-booster-club-project-0016775 * A guest post, in two parts, from Ashle Bailey-Gilreath on teaching evolution in early childhood: http://ncse.com/blog/2015/11/starting-early-benefits-teaching-evolution-early-childhood-0016754 http://ncse.com/blog/2015/12/starting-early-benefits-teaching-evolution-early-childhood-0016756 * Stephanie Keep deploring confusions about evolution in a MinutePhysics video: http://ncse.com/blog/2015/11/say-what-theory-terrible-minute-physics-video-0016765 And much more besides! For The Science League of America, visit: http://ncse.com/blog Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website -- http://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on evolution and climate education and threats to them. -- Sincerely, Glenn Branch Deputy Director National Center for Science Education, Inc. 420 40th Street, Suite 2 Oakland, CA 94609-2509 510-601-7203 x303 fax: 510-601-7204 800-290-6006 branch@ncse.com http://ncse.com Check out NCSE's new blog, Science League of America: http://ncse.com/blog Read Reports of the NCSE on-line: http://reports.ncse.com Subscribe to NCSE's free weekly e-newsletter: http://groups.google.com/group/ncse-news NCSE is on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd http://twitter.com/ncse NCSE's work is supported by its members. Join today! http://ncse.com/join
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