The Franklin Standards
The National Association of Scholars (nas.org) has published a new set of “K-12 State Science Standards” dedicated to “the spirit of Benjamin Franklin.” NAS is a conservative organization of scholars that promotes “academic freedom, disinterested scholarship, and excellence in American higher education.”
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Fauci’s Fake Science
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing this week to question former National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci regarding his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the committee brought to light Fauci and his staff’s attempts to hide information while peddling lies to the American people.
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Turn Off The Federal Grant Spigot to Radicalized Universities
We all know that most universities are the beneficiaries of federal grant money that can amount to billions of dollars every year. Certainly, some of it goes toward useful research, but more and more of it supports radicalism such as gender-and-race-based grievance studies and anything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Americans no longer told to ‘Trust the Science’
Over the last three years, Americans have been told to ‘trust the science’ — especially when what they were observing didn’t match with reality.
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LinkedIn Bans Geologist for Climate Change Posts
LinkedIn has joined other social media giants in censoring anything with which the cancellers disagree. Forget facts and data; they are so 20th century, especially when there are leftist agendas to promote.
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Ohio requests feedback on updated academic standards
Robert Lattimer, our Eagle Forum Science Chairman reports, that Ohio requests feedback on updated academic standards.
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Academic Freedom in K-12 Science Education
K-12 science standards in all states contain performance expectations on biological evolution (macroevolution, or descent from a common ancestry). All state standards (including the Next Generation Science Standards) present unguided evolution as the only explanation for the development of life starting from single-cell ancestors.
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Streamlining the Texas science standards
Bob Lattimer, Eagle Forum’s Science Issues Chairman, submitted an excellent article he wrote titled, “Streamlining” the Texas science standards.
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Ohio Tackles Evolution Controversy
How the subject of evolution is treated in the classroom has emerged again as a source of controversy, this time in the Ohio State Board of Education. Until now, Ohio public schools have not mandated any direct teaching about the subject.
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Dumbing Down and Developing Diversity
Tests, standards and accountability are the watchwords for public school education reform. Such good words! Can they do the job?
Continue reading →Kansas Dumbs Down Science to Promote Evolution
Liberals have long realized that, if they can win the battle over what is taught in schools, they will win elections. While they claim to believe in free speech, they often have little tolerance for alternate points of view in the schools.
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