NABT condemns efforts to ban “controversial” topics in science
Publisher: In-Sight Publishing
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Publication: Critical Science Newswire
Original Link: https://ncse.ngo/nabt-condemns-efforts-ban-controversial-topics-science
Publication Date: October 29, 2024
Organization: National Center for Science Education
Organization Description: The National Center for Science Education promotes and defends accurate and effective science education because everyone deserves to engage with the evidence. One day, students of all ages will be scientifically literate, teachers will be prepared and empowered to teach accurate science, and scientific thinking and decision-making will ensure that all life can thrive and overcome challenges to our shared future.
By Glenn Branch
In a statement (PDF) issued on October 16, 2024, the National Association of Biology Teachers expressed alarm at “recent efforts to ban ‘controversial’ science concepts from textbooks and curricula,” explaining that “Topics on climate change, reproduction, vaccines, and other evidence-based concepts that have been deemed “controversial” by local school boards and state officials are being excised from state-approved resources with a precision that suggests political interests, and not science education, are motivating factors.”
NCSE Executive Director Amanda L. Townley, who signed the statement in her capacity as NABT President for 2024, explained that the statement was prompted by incidents including the Florida Department of Education’s demanding the removal of references to climate change from a number of science textbooks used in the state (as NCSE previously reported). “NABT and NCSE stand together in deploring policies and practices that impede science teachers from teaching accurate and up-to-date science free of ideological interference,” she commented.
Short Bio
Glenn Branch is Deputy Director of NCSE.
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