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Creationism barred from UK science classes
One of the major concerns secularists and atheists have with the UK’s program of free schools has been that faith-based schools have effectively been free to teach whatever they want as science – Including Creationism and Intelligent Design. But not … Continue reading
Posted in Creationism / ID, Education, News
44 Comments
Devil's Advocate in the Evolution Wars
There’s a new blog wading into the evolution wars, the aptly named I Love You but You’re Going to Hell. The author is a history professor at SUNY Binghamton who focuses on American education, so he’s well positioned to talk … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Evolution
28 Comments
Perry on Abstinence Education
Rule 1: Abstinence education works. Rule 2: In situations where it doesn’t appear to work, see rule 1. That’s the read that people like Steve Benen are getting from this clip of Rick Perry: From Benen: The problem here isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
76 Comments
UK Faith Academy Schools
Who said “Get them while they’re young and they’re yours for life”? It’s a marketing strategy that’s been successfully used to sell things as diverse as burgers, tobacco and faith – So religious groups in the UK must be rubbing … Continue reading
Posted in Education, News, Politics
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Grammar Nazi Atheists
Do spelling and grammar mistakes annoy you? I bet most of us here would answer yes. And so OKCupid’s analysis wouldn’t surprise us: If your date answers ‘no’—i.e. is okay with bad grammar and spelling—the odds of him or her … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Education
32 Comments
Richard Dawkins on the Faith School Menace
This is the Richard Dawkins documentary about the faith schools in Britain. It’s about 50 min long, but I haven’t seen it anywhere on American TV, so… Faith School Menace? from Lucas Cantor on Vimeo. Notes from the Vimeo site: … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Religion, Videos
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Tony Porter on gender socialisation.
The recent debates here about what is and is not offensive in the world of gender-based insults put me in mind of a talk on TED (specifically TED Women) from Tony Porter. I honestly think this talk made me grow … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Education
41 Comments
Abstinence-Only Bears
Reader Kodie has linked to these videos in a couple of different comments. They were created by the group Amplify Your Voice, and are actual selections from abstinence-only education programs:
Posted in Education, Sexuality
40 Comments
Underside of Academia
This is a little off topic for us, but there’s an article at the Chronicle of Higher Education, titled The Shadow Scholar, that’s been getting a lot of attention. The author goes by the handle “Ed Dante,” and he claims … Continue reading
Posted in Education
65 Comments
Criticising Christianity not allowed in Texas schools?
Well, here’s another fine mess! It seems that the Texas board of education (who you will remember recently revised the curriculum to make Tea Baggers look better) have come up with another fine idea – banning books! Okay, that’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Christianity, Education, Freedom
24 Comments
