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"Dueling Books Compete to Educate Kids on Climate Change"
A spate of scientifically accurate and pedagogically appropriate teaching materials about climate change is arriving, according to Frontline (November 2, 2018) — hopefully in time to stymie a new propaganda campaign rumored to be under way.NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch explained, "…
"In America's Science Classrooms, the Creep of Climate Skepticism"
Sean Patrick Cooper, writing in Undark (November 2, 2018), reports, "Conservative groups are working hard to challenge the teaching of mainstream climate science in schools" — and cites NCSE as helping to prepare science teachers to resist the challenge.Cooper focuses on Florida, where a law…
Epperson anniversary highlighted in Church & State
The fiftieth anniversary of Epperson v. Arkansas, the 1968 Supreme Court case that struck down Arkansas's ban on the teaching of evolution, was celebrated in "She Stood for Science," published in the November 2018 issue of Church & State, the monthly magazine of Americans…
Congratulations to Scott and Behrensmeyer
NCSE’s founding executive director Eugenie C. Scott will receive the John and Mary Lou Pojeta Service Award from the Paleontological Society at a banquet during its annual meeting held in Indianapolis on November 4, 2018.The Pojeta award was established to recognize exceptional professional or…
Polling the flat earth redux
"If it's difficult to believe that people embrace a flat Earth, it's going to be difficult to trust a poll that claims to validate that belief," wrote NCSE's Glenn Branch and Craig A. Foster of the US Air Force Academy in a blog post for Scientific American (October 24, 2018).Continuing…
Keeping up with NCSE, monthly and weekly
NCSE is pleased to announce its new monthly e-newsletter, describing our most recent work supporting teachers and communities in their efforts to provide accurate and effective climate change and evolution education. The first issue, which you may have already received, is available on-line; to…
Capturing a Killer, Capturing the Imagination: The Power of Bringing Real Evidence into the Science Classroom
What do public attitudes toward science, sequencing the genome of the 1918 flu virus, and helping K-12 science teachers navigate contentious scientific topics have in common?Find out by watching my talk at Clemson University as part of its College of Science Distinguished Speaker Series.(Huge…
William J. Bennetta dies
The textbook watchdog William J. Bennetta died on September 26, 2018, at the age of 79, according to a notice from the Cremation Society of Virginia. Bennetta was known for founding The Textbook League and editing its newsletter The Textbook Letter. Described by Mother Jones in…
"Why Is It So Hard to Teach Climate Change?"
NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch contributed "Why Is It So Hard to Teach Climate Change?" to the October 2018 issue of Earth magazine, published by the American Geosciences Institute. The commentary began: Climate change was in the national spotlight this past summer when The…

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