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The Elephant in the Climate Change Classroom
A recent article in Nature Climate Change gets much of the challenge and opportunities of teaching climate change exactly right—but sidesteps the denialist elephant in the room.
View ArticleLaboring for science education
While taking the day off for Labor Day, I couldn’t help thinking about all that the science education community owes labor unions.
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The Disco. ‘tute as Humpty Dumpty
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so...
View ArticleWho You Gonna Call?
When there’s something strange in your neighborhood school, who you gonna call? If there’s something weird in your kid’s homework and it don’t look good, who you gonna call? If you’re seeing...
View ArticleBlocking Bad Bills
According to a report last week, leaked documents hint at a coming assault on education and the environment in state legislatures:
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No Dominion for Creationism, Part 1
House Bill 207, prefiled in the Virginia House of Delegates on December 27, 2013, and referred to the House Committee on Education and thence to the subcommittee on elementary and secondary education,...
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No Dominion for Creationism, Part 2
In part 1, I began with Virginia’s House Bill 207. The first antievolution bill in the country for 2014, it also seems to be the first antievolution bill in the Old Dominion ever.
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Fermi in Missouri
Once in a while, a journalist will ask a question that really makes me think. Such a question arose recently, when I was asked whether Missouri’s House Bill 1472—which I earlier said“would eviscerate...
View ArticleThe Election Aftermath and Science Education
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, NCSE can’t try to change the outcome of elections, which means we keep mum about candidates who attack climate science and evolution from the hustings. But that doesn’t mean...
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