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Date
October 11, 2013
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Creationism, Education, FYI-FTR, rhetoric, worldview

FYI-FTR: The “Creationists” are spreading their tainting of Science textbooks from Texas — or are they?

kairosfocus
October 11, 2013
Creationism, Education, FYI-FTR, rhetoric, worldview

A few days ago, UD News posted a comment on a scare mongering story in a British popular science magazine, on how “Creationists” in Texas were allegedly tainting textbooks through the buying power of that state. By comments 3 and 4 we read: 3 wd400October 7, 2013 at 2:05 pm First, how do they know? I dunno, why don’t we ask… News at uncommon descent 4 Alan FoxOctober 7, 2013 at 2:09 pm *Applauds* Hilarious, wd400! This seems to be a part of a recent wave of comments that target the UD News desk. It pivots on the ASSUMPTION that “Creationists” are tainting textbooks in Texas, and therefore the purchasing power of Texas spreads that taint far and wide. But Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 18, 2013
Categorized
Education, News

New at The Best Schools

Denyse O'Leary
September 18, 2013
Education, News
One problem with all the psychologizing and valorizing around the “non-conformist” kid is something that seems obvious to me, though your mileage may vary: People who are distracting others are usually not distracting themselves. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 18, 2013
Categorized
Darwinism, Education, News

Why not just ban discussions of “evolution” in textbooks?

Denyse O'Leary
September 18, 2013
Darwinism, Education, News
What if all theories about changes in life forms over time advanced in textbooks had to go by content-based names like genetic drift, horizontal gene transfer, symbiosis, and natural selection? The explanations would have to make way more sense, thus be open to evidence-based objections in given cases. Read More ›
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Donald McLaughlin
Date
September 12, 2013
Categorized
Academic Freedom, Atheism, Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design

The Fight For Academic Freedom at Ball State University

Donald McLaughlin
September 12, 2013
Academic Freedom, Atheism, Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design

By now, I’m sure most of you have heard about the academic freedom controversy surrounding Ball State University and the investigation of physics professor, Eric Hedin (pronounced he-deen).  Discovery Institute’s Evolution News and Views has published several stories over the past few weeks, most notably this, this, this and this.  (Articles on the entire saga can be found here.) Today, the DI launched a new web-page so you can help get the message of academic freedom to the BSU Board of Trustees.  If you believe in academic freedom, like I do, then please take a look at the page and add your voice.  The kind of treatment foisted upon Prof. Hedin is what you might expect in a totalitarian regime, Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 12, 2013
Categorized
Education, Intelligent Design, News

Public records lawsuit on teaching creationism in Louisiana

Denyse O'Leary
September 12, 2013
Education, Intelligent Design, News
It’s a clever move on the part of Darwin’s followers, because school systems threatened by charters and vouchers with the need to raise their standards may pile on, hoping to increase the costs and reduce the standards of independent schools down to their level. Read More ›