Science Is Constantly Evolving

Discover the latest in climate change and evolution education news.

AMC Outdoors
AMC Outdoors
NCSE on climate education legislation in AMC Outdoors
NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch was interviewed for Clare Kittredge's "Should Climate Change Education in Schools Be Mandatory?" which appeared in AMC Outdoors (August 26, 2019). The article focuses on the recent attempt in Connecticut to require the teaching of climate change in the…
Teachers at a Nature of Science workshop
Teachers at a Nature of Science workshop
This Summer’s Workshops on Evolution and on the Nature of Science
We held our second workshop for evolution teachers this summer at Michigan State University, and our first later in the same week on the nature of science at Clemson University. It was a busy week to say the least. It was also an extremely productive week. We were able to gather valuable input…
NCSE Program Coordinator Emma Doctors
NCSE Program Coordinator Emma Doctors
Welcome to Emma Doctors
NCSE is pleased to welcome Emma Doctors, NCSE's new Program Coordinator. After practicing art and studying to be an elementary school teacher, Doctors transitioned into the museum field. She holds a B.A. in fine art and an M.A. in museum studies from the University of San Francisco. At NCSE,…
NCSE 2018 Annual Report cover
NCSE 2018 Annual Report cover
NCSE's 2018 Annual Report now online
NCSE's annual report for 2018 is now available (PDF) on NCSE's website. The report briefly describes the progress of NCSE's Supporting Teachers program (particularly the launch of the Teacher Ambassador Program), the activities of NCSE's Breaking Down Barriers program supporting informal science…
Eugenie Scott
Eugenie Scott
Pojeta Award acceptance speech by NCSE’s Scott now on-line
When NCSE's founding executive director Eugenie C. Scott received the John and Mary Lou Pojeta Service Award from the Paleontological Society in 2018, she gave a brief address, which is now published (PDF) in the Journal of Paleontology. In her address, Scott discussed her career in…
Ann Reid and Ben Santer
Ann Reid and Ben Santer
NCSE's Reid and Santer on "What changes our minds about climate?"
NCSE's executive director Ann Reid and Ben Santer, a member of NCSE's board of directors, were interviewed about climate communication on the Hertz Foundation's blog (July 30, 2019) before they spoke at the foundation's summer workshop in Los Angeles. In the interview, Reid recommended a teaching…
Farewell to Brad Hoge
NCSE bids farewell to Brad Hoge, who joined NCSE as Director of Teacher Support in 2017. Hoge spearheaded NCSE's new initatives to bring professional development and curricular resources focused on socially but not scientifically controversial topics — evolution and climate change in particular —…
Tantrum That Saved The World book cover
Tantrum That Saved The World book cover
Kudos for Megan Herbert and NCSE board member Michael E. Mann
NCSE is pleased to congratulate Megan Herbert and Michael E. Mann (a member of NCSE's board of directors) for receiving the Louis J. Battan Author's Award (K-12) for 2020 for their book The Tantrum that Saved the World (2017), which (in the words of the award citation) "engages readers…
Gallup poll data
Gallup poll data
The latest Gallup poll on evolution
Creationism continues to be a minority position, attracting only four in ten adults in the United States, according to the latest poll from Gallup (July 26, 2019), which adds, "more Americans continue to think that humans evolved over millions of years — either with God's guidance ... or,…

For Journalists

Need information, background, comments, or referrals to other sources?

The National Center for Science Education is the only national organization that specializes in defending the teaching of controversial issues (such as evolution and climate change) in public schools. Because of our special expertise and experience, NCSE is often cotacted by members of the press who are writing about the evolution/creationism controversy, or about the teaching of global warming and other climate science issues that have come under political attack. Our staff can provide reliable information about creationism, evolution, climate change, and the state of science education in the United States.

Get in touch with NCSE