TEXAS TEXTBOOK ADOPTION IS A MAJOR VICTORY FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION No Compromise on Science Instruction about Evolution or Climate Change in Textbooks, TFN President Says FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2013 Despite last-minute efforts by some board members and political activists to derail the adoption of two textbooks, the State Board of Education today voted […]
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TFN, Science Advocates to Texas SBOE: Don’t Ignore Experts on Science Textbooks
TFN, Science Advocates to Texas SBOE: Don’t Ignore Experts on Science Textbooks Petition Signers Call on Board to Adopt New Science Textbooks Without Watering Down Instruction on Evolution, Climate Change FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2013 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller is joining with science education advocates today in calling on the State Board […]
PUBLISHERS RESIST PRESSURE TO UNDERMINE EVOLUTION COVERAGE IN PROPOSED TEXAS SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS
PUBLISHERS RESIST PRESSURE TO UNDERMINE EVOLUTION COVERAGE IN PROPOSED TEXAS SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS Changes Submitted to Texas Education Agency Show No Retreat on Evolution Materials submitted to the Texas Education Agency and examined by the Texas Freedom Network and university scientists show that publishers are resisting pressure to undermine instruction on evolution in their proposed new […]
TEXAS REVIEWERS PRESSURE PUBLISHERS ON EVOLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE
TEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK AND NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION PRESS RELEASE TEXAS REVIEWERS PRESSURE PUBLISHERS ON EVOLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE Documents Show State Reviewers Want Publishers to Add ‘Creation Science,’ Discredited Arguments to Textbooks Submitted for Adoption FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2013 CONTACTS: Dan Quinn (TFN), 512.322.0545 Robert Luhn (NCSE), 510.601.7203 Ideologues appointed to official […]
SCHOLARS GIVE PROPOSED BIOLOGY TEXTBOOKS THUMBS UP ON EVOLUTION COVERAGE
SCHOLARS GIVE PROPOSED BIOLOGY TEXTBOOKS THUMBS UP ON EVOLUTION COVERAGE Report Comes as Flawed Official State Review Nears Completion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2013 Science scholars in Texas are giving thumbs up to coverage of evolution in proposed new high school biology textbooks, a new report from the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund shows. […]
