Efforts to push creationist instructional materials into Texas science classrooms were dealt a setback today. The Texas education commissioner’s list of science materials recommended for adoption by the State Board of Education, which was released today, doesn’t include the proposed materials from New Mexic0-based International Databases. The Texas Freedom Network and the National Center for […]
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Barbara Cargill’s Anti-Science Agenda
New Texas State Board of Education Chairwoman Barbara Cargill, R-The Woodlands, made clear at her speech last week to Texas Eagle Forum activists that she is determined to politicize the board’s adoption of science instructional materials on July 20-22. She’ll be walking in the footsteps of former board chairman Don McLeroy and chairwoman Gail Lowe, […]
More on International Databases
We’re learning a little bit more about International Databases, the previously unknown outfit from New Mexico that a few weeks ago submitted science instructional materials to the Texas Education Agency that are clearly laced with the junk science of intelligent design/creationism. […]
Publisher Proposes Creationist Materials
A 2009 decision by the Texas State Board of Education has enabled creationists to once again try to mess with science in public school classrooms in Texas. Read the Press Release from the Texas Freedom Network and the National Center for Science Education The Texas Education Agency has released proposed supplemental web-based materials for science […]
Was Don McLeroy Right After All?
Uh-oh. Were Don McLeroy and other creationists on the Texas State Board of Education right when they demanded that people “stand up to experts” and declare that evolution is bad science? That global warming is “hooey”? Well, it looks like the folks at Scientific American are throwing in the towel. “There’s no easy way to […]
