Students for the Advancement of Science

05/29/2013

Action Alert: Ask the Louisiana Department of Education to fulfill this public records request on creationism. Email:

[email protected]

http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/14041-doe-gadfly-kopplin-seeks-voucher-records

“The citizens of Louisiana deserve to know whether the State Department of Education is involved with promoting creationism and whether they are attempting to protect Louisiana’s science classrooms.”

05/20/2013

No Textbooks, No Evolution in Louisiana

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/20/creationism-textbooks-louisiana-schools

04/28/2013

Please call the Louisiana Senate Education Committee and ask them to vote to repeal Louisiana's creationism law

http://senate.la.gov/education/Assignments.asp

Information about the Education Committee

04/08/2013

We need to fund scientific research to reduce our deficit.

Check out this awesome takedown of a few bad habits that conservatives are attached to. #1: Not taking into account ROI when it comes to investing in scientific research. #2: Non-scientists trying to dictate what should and shouldn't be studied.

Zack Kopplin launched a petition >>http://1.usa.gov/17nsvvk

04/03/2013

Join our cause and support the repeal of Louisiana's creationism law

http://www.causes.com/scienceforschools

The Louisiana Science Education Act passed in 2008 , it allows creationism to be snuck into public school science classrooms through

03/21/2013

The Baton Rouge Advocate endorses the repeal of Louisiana's creationism law again

http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/5482640-123/our-views-a-new-effort

With admirable persistence, state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson is pushing again for repeal of what most experts consider Louisiana’s “stealth creationism” law. Peterson, D-New Orleans, would …

03/19/2013

This sums up the LSEA: “They believe that scientific data related to creationism should be discussed when dealing with Darwin’s theory,” he explained.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/18/activist-again-seeks-to-repeal-louisianas-creationism-law/

Activist Zack Kopplin announced Monday he was re-launching his campaign to repeal a law that allows public schools to teach creationism as science in Louisiana.

03/15/2013

Oklahoma's second creationism bill this year is dead

http://ncse.com/news/2013/03/second-antiscience-bill-dies-oklahoma-0014767

House Bill 1674 (PDF) died in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on March 14, 2013, when a deadline for bills to have their third reading in their house of origin passed. Along with Senate Bill 758, which died in February 2013, HB 1674 was one of two proposed laws that would have undermined the i...

03/11/2013

Oklahoma's Academic Freedom disaster. That's a great name

http://www.oudaily.com/news/2013/mar/06/letter_editor/

The editorial “Academic freedom shouldn’t mean academic disaster,” in the March 6 edition of the Oklahoma Daily, makes many excellent points about HB 1674. It is indeed a “Trojan horse” bill specifically crafted by an out-of-state, religious think tank to open the door for the teaching of religious…

03/08/2013

How academic freedom laws promote creationism

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_trojan_horse_for_creationism_20130308/?ln

Everyone agrees that our students should learn how to think critically, but we don’t need a law to do that. The misnamed and misguided Louisiana Science Education Act subverts that goal by sneaking creationism and other pseudo-science into public school science classrooms. - 2013/03/08

03/07/2013

If you're in Oklahoma call your legislator and urge them to vote against HB 1674, a creationism bill

http://www.oklegislature.gov/FindMyLegislature.aspx

Oklahoma Legislature's Website where you can follow the introduction of bills, committee actions, and votes on the bills.