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		<title>DI&#8217;s legal eagles &#38; the &#8220;Academic Freedom&#8221; legislation</title>
		<link>http://curricublog.org/2008/08/18/di-legal-eagles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commenting on an earlier post, Ed Darrell writes:
It seems quite clear that whoever drafted the law has very little experience in drafting laws, and less experience in trying to carry out such laws.
From a press release by the Louisiana Coalition for Science, we learn that
DI senior fellow and legal advisor, Gonzaga University law professor David [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana anti-science law: 3 questions, 1 suggestion</title>
		<link>http://curricublog.org/2008/08/17/louisiana-anti-science-law-3-questions-1-suggestion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Whitson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sensuous Curmudgeon has been providing yoeman service keeping us all posted on developments in Louisiana with the immanent implementation of Louisiana&#8217;s new &#8220;science education&#8221; law. From him we learn, for example, about the scheduled meeting Tuesday, August 19, of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE).
I have a suggestion (below) for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TX Ed Agency defense in evolution case</title>
		<link>http://curricublog.org/2008/08/16/comer-tea-court-answer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Whitson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Education Agency [TEA] has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Chris Comer, who lost her job as the TEA&#8217;s top science education specialist after forwarding an email announcement of a talk by Barbara Forrest. &#8216;a professor of philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University, a co-author of “Inside Creationism’s Trojan Horse” and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#1 Genesis expert offers help for Louisiana science education</title>
		<link>http://curricublog.org/2008/08/15/herman-cummings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following passage of Louisiana&#8217;s &#8220;Science Education Act,&#8221; &#8220;the leading expert on the book of Genesis&#8221; has posted a letter that he has sent to Louisiana offering his help in preparing science teachers there.
First, as the letter-writer introduces himself:
Hello. My name is Herman Cummings. I am the leading expert on the book of Genesis. There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.C. wins ACSI case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Whitson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a decision dated August 8, 2008, a federal district court in California has thrown out a lawsuit brought by the Association of Christian Schools International against the University of California, in which the ACSI argued that the University&#8217;s refusal to approve some of the Christian schools&#8217; courses violated First Amendment guarantees to freedom of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Behold: the atheist&#8217;s nightmare&#8221; (a banana) [ video ]</title>
		<link>http://curricublog.org/2008/07/28/atheists-nightmare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Whitson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I say anything about it, just watch this video first:

This is so over the top that, if you don&#8217;t know better, you&#8217;re likely to think this Dr. Banana here is just a parody of Dr. Woodpecker over on GodTube.
Believe it or not, though, these guys are deadly serious. They were even hosted on Nightline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>principal apologizes for school&#8217;s Excellent test results</title>
		<link>http://curricublog.org/2008/07/24/high-scoresprincipal-apology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Whitson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[from The [Cleveland] Plain Dealer:

Students pass state test, but at what cost to their education?
by Regina Brett

Tuesday July 22, 2008, 3:10 PM
The school report cards came out in June.
Rocky River Middle School passed the 2008 Ohio Achievement Tests, earned an Excellent rating from the state and met the requirements for Annual Yearly Progress.
For all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Momentous TX education hearing</title>
		<link>http://curricublog.org/2008/07/16/tx-july-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Whitson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A truly momentous and impressive public hearing by the Texas House Public Education Committee has just wrapped up in Austin (July 16, 2008).
I did not hear all of it. I heard State Board chairman McLeroy&#8217;s presentation and some of the questioning. Hours later I heard the witness before Steven Schafersman (Texas Citizens for Science) through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TX House Committe testimony by Texas Citizens for Science</title>
		<link>http://curricublog.org/2008/07/15/tcs-tx-house-200807/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Testimony by Steven D. Schafersman, president of Texas Citizens for Science, is now posted at the TCS website. Here&#8217;s an overview of their recoomendations:
I urge you to take even more powers away from the SBOE. Specifically, I urge    you to revise the law so that textbooks in Texas are adopted by each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wed 7/16 program in Austin on protecting science education</title>
		<link>http://curricublog.org/2008/07/13/cfi-texas-july162008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Whitson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a press release for a public program on the UT campus in Austin, Texas this coming Wednesday titled &#8216;Science Education in Texas: Keeping It Religion-free&#8217;
From a curriculum standpoint, I think that&#8217;s a mistaken emphasis. The point should be to preserve the integrity and authenticity of science curriculum. The courts can act to stop unconstitutional [...]]]></description>
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