Subject: Evolution education under attack * New creationist bill
From: Robert Luhn <luhn@ncse.com>
Date: 2/28/11, 17:37
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Just saw this, FYI: ‎

"New challenges for evolution education": a special report in Scientific American.
http://ncse.com/news/2011/02/new-challenges-evolution-education-006510

other passing news:

* Why are science teachers resisting evolution? An interview with Eric Plutzer, who with Michael Berkman, surveyed U.S. public high school biology teachers about teaching evolution. A most revealing conversation! http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/features/darwin-pushed-to-margins

* Oklahoma anti-evolution bill dies in committee.
http://ncse.com/news/2011/02/antievolution-bill-loses-committee-oklahoma-006500

* "The Rap Guide to Evolution" returns! Baba Brinkman's hip hop tribute to Chucky D (co-sponsored by NCSE) appears at the California Academy of Sciences March 3. The details: http://www.calacademy.org/events/nightlife/03-03-11.php

rl


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