https://freescience.today/2017/07/03/science-education-policy/As a matter of public policy, Discovery Institute opposes any effort to require the teaching of intelligent design by school districts or state boards of education. Attempts to require teaching about intelligent design only politicize the theory and will hinder fair and open discussion of the merits of the theory among scholars and within the scientific community. Read More ›
https://freescience.today/2016/11/08/constitutionality/This article will show that the one-sided conversation about evolution is not only unnecessary, but fundamentally counter-productive to solving many problems faced by science education today. Read More ›
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In 2000, my coauthors and I published an article proposing that public schools would violate no constitutional prohibition (and would improve science education) by permitting biology teachers to ―teach the controversy‖ concerning biological evolution.1 This proposal generated substantial academic commentary.2 As this article details, members of the United States Congress and education officials in a few states have expressed some support for the idea. However, most academic commentators have accused the authors of substituting a renamed but substantially equivalent form of ― creationism in an attempt to circumvent existing law. Others have accused the proponents of hijacking perfectly respectable concepts—like academic freedom or viewpoint neutrality — for disreputable purposes, such as advancing religion. This article will recount the reaction to the proposal to ― teach the controversy‖ and will respond to the primary arguments raised against it. Read More ›
https://freescience.today/1859/01/01/jsm/John Stuart Mill, the famed utilitarian, was one of the most compelling statesman for the necessity of freedom of inquiry and of speech in pursuit of truth. As a subset of the human pursuit of scientia, the sciences must likewise be free. Read More ›
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