Catalyzing Action
We help individuals and communities resist threats to accurate and effective science education.
Find the latest news on evolution and climate change education in your state.
Montana
After the May 4, 2004, school board election in Darby, Montana, the proposed "objective origins" policy is likely to be dead in the water.
The policy, introduced by a local minister, encourages teachers to help their students "analyze scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific…
Oklahoma
On April 28, 2004, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 2194 -- a bill governing textbook purchase contracts -- by a vote of 96–0. Conspicuously absent from the bill as passed was the disclaimer provision added to the bill on February 23.
The disclaimer provision would have…
Alabama
by Nick Matzke
On April 8, the Alabama state Senate passed SB336, the "Academic Freedom Act," by a vote of 28-0. The bill gives teachers at public institutions "the affirmative right and freedom to present scientific, historical, theoretical, or evidentiary information pertaining to alternative…
Mississippi
by Nick Matzke
On March 9, 2004, House Bill 1288 died in the Education Committee of the Mississippi House of Representatives. The bill required that any textbook teaching evolution have a disclaimer inserted inside the front cover. The disclaimer describes evolution as "a controversial theory…
Alabama
by Nick Matzke
Senate Bill 336, the counterpart of Alabama House Bill 391, passed the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday, March 10 by a vote of 7-0.
If enacted, SB336 would provide teachers and instructors at public institutions "the affirmative right and freedom to present scientific,…