Sentences with phrase «including teaching evolution»

It is vital that every young person receives a broad and balanced education including teaching evolution as the only evidence - based view of how life came to be.»

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We emphasize that we do not decide that a state «mandated statement violates the Constitution simply because it disclaims any intent to communicate to students that the theory of evolution is the only accepted explanation of the origin of life, informs students of their right to follow their religious principles, and encourages students to evaluate all explanations of life's origins, including those taught outside the classroom.

Thirty leading scientists and science educators including Sir David Attenborough, Professor Richard Dawkins and Professor Michael Reiss, and five national organisations have signed up to a new statement calling for the extension of teaching of evolution in school science and firmer statutory guidance against the promotion of creationism.

In September, the BHA came together with thirty leading scientists and science educators including Sir David Attenborough, Professor Richard Dawkins and Professor Michael Reiss, and five national organisations to launch «Teach evolution, not creationism!»

There is still further work to be done to ensure that all schools, not just Free Schools, are prevented from teaching creationism, to include evolution in the primary National Curriculum, and to ensure evolution's teaching in all schools.

[81] In 2014, Gove's department acceded to the BHA's campaign by banning creationism from being taught as science in state - funded English schools, including Academies and Free Schools, as well as introducing a requirement that such schools must teach evolution.

He further has said that science and faith pose no conflict for most religious people, including more than 12,000 Christian leaders who have signed the Clergy Letter Project in support of teaching evolution.

The researchers examined respondents» deference to science on a scale of 0 - 10 when it came to 14 policy issues, including child vaccinations, stem cell research, global warming, child obesity and diet, AIDS prevention, birth control education, legalizing drug use, gun control, regulation of nuclear power, animal testing, and teaching evolution in schools.

Other exhibits include a miniature golf course that teaches visitors about both landscape evolution and biodiversity.

Three things happened to the TEKS and all - science education standard that called for teaching the strength and weaknesses of theories, which had, back in the last time biology text books were adopted in the mid»90s, had been used as a club to beat publishers over whether or not they included weaknesses of evolution; by which they may enlist creationists and their claims, was taken out by the writing committees and attempted to be put back on several occasions actually by the school board members.

He is now organizing a group of experts, including evolutionary scientists and theologians who believe in evolution, to counter the SRT's campaign by working to improve the teaching of evolution in the classroom, and in broader public life.

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The National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, and other groups have increased research investment on identifying essential concepts for teaching evolution, including creating the Evolution Education Research Centre, a partnership of Harvard, McGill, and Chapman universities, and launchievolution, including creating the Evolution Education Research Centre, a partnership of Harvard, McGill, and Chapman universities, and launchiEvolution Education Research Centre, a partnership of Harvard, McGill, and Chapman universities, and launching the...

Rock County Christian Schools in Janesville and Beloit are planning to participate, but only if allowed to continue incorporating Christian teachings in the curriculum, including, for example, presenting both evolution and creationism in science classes, administrator Tim Befus said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — John Glenn, who declared as a 77 - year - old in a news conference from space that «to look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible,» says facts about scientific discovery should be taught in schools — and that includes evolution.

House Bill 1148, introduced by Jerry Bergevin (R - District 17), would charge the state board of education to» [r] equire evolution to be taught in the public schools of this state as a theory, including the theorists» political and ideological viewpoints and their position on the concept of atheism.»