Science Standards

Articles About Science Standards

• In-Depth Article

  Academic Freedom Under Fire in Scotland

  Sept. 12, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Nobel laureates petition Scottish government to prohibit teachers from presenting creation science as alternative to evolutionism.

• Textbook Market Likely to Take the Reins of Education

  April 20, 2013 from News to Know

  As publishers plan to implement NGSS science standards, textbook market will likely take the reins of education.

• Magazine Department Article

  A Victory for Balance in Tennessee

  Oct. 1, 2012 from Answers Magazine

  Tennessee has joined Louisiana as a state that encourages students to exercise their critical thinking skills about evolution and other subjects.

• The Teach-the-Controversy Approach

  Sept. 15, 2012 from News to Know

  A Teach-the-Controversy approach is good for education, good for science, and truly better for both sides.

• Influencing Next Generation Science Standards

  May 19, 2012 from News to Know

  You are invited to influence the Next Generation Science Standards.

• Louisiana’s Science Education Act Weathers Challenge

  April 28, 2012 from News to Know

  Louisiana’s Science Education Act weathers challenge.

• Tennessee Law Guarantees Teachers’ Rights to Teach Controversies in Science

  April 14, 2012 from News to Know

  Tennessee’s new law guarantees teachers’ rights to teach the controversies in science.

• The Teacher Protection Academic Freedom Act

  April 12, 2012

  Tennessee teachers will soon have legal protection to teach students about genuine scientific controversies. The bill passed by a three-to-one margin and should take effect on April 20.

• To Teach What Needs to be Taught

  March 31, 2012 from News to Know

  Academic freedom to “teach the controversy” in Tennessee awaits the governor’s signature.

• Tennessee Schools

  April 16, 2011 from News to Know

  Teachers in Tennessee’s public schools may join those in Louisiana in being allowed to teach critical thinking skills when examining topics such as evolution.

• More Trouble in Texas

  March 28, 2009 from News to Know

  Texas and evolution seem to be popular sibling topics in the news these days.

• Texas Curriculum Fuels Evolution Debate

  Jan. 24, 2009 from News to Know

  The debate is still raging over how the science curriculum is being “messed with” in Texas.

• A Mess in Texas

  Jan. 23, 2009

  In the Lone Star State this week, the science curriculum has been “messed with” by evolutionists in what has become the latest battle in the creation/evolution wars in America.

• Magazine Department Article

  Standard Thinking in Florida’s Schools

  July 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine

  The board of education in Florida has approved new standards that will strengthen the teaching of evolution in public schools.

• Louisiana Bill Promotes Objective Discussion of Scientific Theories

  June 21, 2008

  Louisiana is poised to be the bane of evolutionists everywhere by promoting “critical thinking skills, logical analysis, and open and objective discussion of scientific theories.”

• Florida Passes Bill to Allow Critical Analysis of Evolution

  May 10, 2008 from News to Know

  Despite a series of losses, the movement to allow more open discussion of evolution in public school classrooms hasn’t been silenced.

• Florida Now Supports the Teaching of Evolution

  Feb. 23, 2008 from News to Know

  The Florida Board of Education passed standards for science education that, for the first time in the state’s history, support the teaching of “evolution.”

• Magazine Department Article

  Academic Non-Freedom

  April 1, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  In the U.S. states of Michigan and Ohio last fall, evolution activists emerged victorious in public schools.

• Evolution “restored” in Kansas?

  Feb. 15, 2007
• Was Kansas Pro-Creationism?

  Aug. 5, 2006

  Did evolutionists triumph in the the Kansas school board primaries? Was the alternative really between creation and evolution?

• Darwinists Descend on Ohio and Kansas in Ongoing Origins Battle

  Feb. 9, 2006

  Now that the intelligent design (ID) debate is over in Dover (Pennsylvania), Darwinists are descending upon Ohio as their next target in the ongoing battle over teaching origins.

• Kansas: More Radical than Pennsylvania?

  Jan. 26, 2006

  AiG speaker Carl Kerby was approached by many Kansans last weekend who wanted to discuss the still-simmering controversy over the teaching of biological origins in public schools.

• ACLU Watching Utah Origins Bill

  Jan. 25, 2006

  As a bill has been developed in Utah dictating what state science teachers can discuss about the origins of human life, the ACLU has been watching the developments.

• Doubting Darwin in Kansas Classrooms

  Nov. 10, 2005

  Kansas State Board of Education approved (by a 6-4 vote) a new set of science standards.

• Kansas Controversy Continues

  Aug. 19, 2005

  Kansas schools are one step closer to critical analysis of evolution.

• Kansas Evolution Hearings: The Case of the Missing Data

  May 18, 2005

  Hearings closed on how origins should be taught in Kansas science classrooms.

• Kansas School Board in International Spotlight . . . Again

  May 10, 2005

  Last week the Kansas Board of Education took center stage again with its public courtroom-style hearing on how origins is to be taught in public-school science classes.

• The Sticker Didn’t Stick (or Did It?)

  Jan. 20, 2005

  Controvery continues over the stickers in high-school biology textbooks in Cobb County, Georgia, USA.

• Late-Breaking News—Teaching of Origins Highlighted in Major Media

  Jan. 13, 2005

  Federal judge rules evolution disclaimer stickers must be removed from Georgia, USA textbooks.

• Will the Sticker Stick?

  Nov. 12, 2004

  The Cobb County School District adopted a policy to place disclaimer stickers that caution the readers that evolution is “not a fact, regarding the origin of living things.”

• Ohio Educators to be Applauded

  March 18, 2004

  Several skirmishes are being fought across the United States over the teaching of origins in public school science classes.

• Proposed New Science Standards: Where’s the E-Word?

  Jan. 31, 2004

  AiG believes that all students, whether studying at home, private school or secular government schools, should learn the details about evolution. We simply argue that they should get the whole truth.

• Local Fights Have Begun in Ohio

  June 2, 2003

  Last year the State of Ohio, USA, took center stage in a national battle over evolution in state schools.

• An Unlocked Door . . .

  Jan. 17, 2003

  “I’ve viewed many websites concerning the creation/evolution issue and I think ‘Answers in Genesis’ is one of the best that presents a biblical based interpretation of the scientific evidence.”

• Vote in Ohio Stirs Evolution Controversy

  Oct. 17, 2002

  The Ohio state school board voted in favor of an ‘intent’ to pass new science standards.

• Who Won in Cobb County?

  Oct. 1, 2002

  The board that oversees education in Cobb County, Georgia, USA, took a major test last Thursday, 26 September 2002.

• Equal time for creation in Cobb County?

  Sept. 12, 2002

  A fight has been brewing for months about the proper teaching of evolution in Cobb County, the second-largest school district in Georgia, USA.

• Vote on Evolution in Ohio

  Sept. 7, 2002

  The curriculum debate is coming to a head in Ohio, USA. Will it become the first State in the nation to let teachers ‘teach the controversy’ about evolution?

• A Teacher Comments on Ohio’s Proposed Science Standards

  May 23, 2002

  Randy McClay, a nationally recognized science teacher in the public schools of Ohio, USA, was invited to review the state’s controversial new science standards.

• Eyes of the Science World Turn to Columbus, Ohio, USA

  March 13, 2002

  Ohio panel discussion is getting alot of internation attention

• Errors in Scientific American

  Feb. 18, 2002

  Several 'popular errors' have found their way into the March 2002 issue of Scientific American, in a spiteful article 'Down with evolution!'-creationists are changing state educational standards.

• Creationism battle heats up again in US schools

  Feb. 8, 2002

  Skirmishes continue to break out in the US over science education in public schools.

• Limiting Exposure

  July 23, 2001

  Science standards for Pennsylvania schools that have been three years in the works were finally approved by the state Board of Education on 13 July, 2001, but not before generating much controversy.

• Media Misinformation Campaign Continues over Evolution in Kansas Schools!

  Feb. 27, 2001

  The Cincinnati Post printed an editorial on February 19 that praised the state of Kansas for adopting new pro-evolution science standards for its public schools.

• Evolutionist Disinformation Campaign Succeeds in Kansas!

  Feb. 15, 2001

  In a move that was not unexpected, the Kansas State Board of Education voted 7-3 on February 14 to add more evolutionary content to the state's science standards.

• Pro-Evolution School Board to Vote on New Kansas Science Standards!

  Feb. 10, 2001

  The timing may be coincidental, but it just so happens that the next Kansas state board of education meetings will begin on ‘Darwin Day’ February 12!

• Kansas To Can Controversial Curriculum!

  Jan. 12, 2001

  The just-elected State Board of Education in Kansas USA demonstrated its eagerness to quickly abandon the state science curriculum that was approved in August 1999.

• Campaign of Distortions Leads to Shake-up of Kansas School Board

  Aug. 3, 2000

  Two members of the Kansas (USA) board of education who voted last year to adopt new science standards that mildly de-emphasized evolution lost their bid on August 1 to return to their posts.

• Kansas and Evolution Again in the News—State Primary Looms

  July 31, 2000

  On Tuesday, August 1, the electorate in Kansas (USA) will be voting for or against evolution—at least, that is what the secular media in Kansas and elsewhere would have you believe.

• Evolutionary Politics!

  June 1, 2000

  There were hysterical reactions by humanists in the state—and even worldwide—to the Kansas Board of Education's decision to mildly de-emphasize the teaching of evolution in its public schools.