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Sneak Play Foiled: Ala.legislator’s Creationism scheme fails to score
Good news from Alabama! A backdoor creationism bill has failed.According to our friends at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), “When the last day of the regular legislative session of the Alabama legislature ended on May 16, 2012, a bill that would have established a credit-for-creationism scheme died.”
Creationist Free School bids rejected as other ‘faith’ schools advance to interviews
May 17, 2012 No CommentBids to set up creationist Free Schools have been rejected by the Department for Education (DfE). In particular, the DfE have turned down a high-profile bid from Sheffield Christian Free School, which would have been affiliated to the Christian Schools’ Trust (CST) network of largely creationist private schools.
Continue reading …Cheshire East is the latest council to axe free or subsidised transport to faith schools. The council took the decision despite fierce opposition from Catholic families who said they were being ‘discriminated’ against.
Continue reading …The National Secular Society has challenged a London council over its failure to consult properly about proposals to close a community school in order to amalgamate it with a Church school.
Continue reading …New survey on Collective Worship and RE in Wales finds more support than oppose legislative reform
April 30, 2012 No CommentA new survey of Welsh adults carried out by YouGov has revealed that more people support the replacement of laws requiring Collective Worship in schools than support retaining them, and more support fully opening up Religious Education (RE) to non-religious beliefs than oppose it.
Continue reading …Recent developments towards the establishment of special needs Academies and Free Schools with a ‘faith ethos’ have been greeted with concern by the British Humanist Association (BHA).
Continue reading …Even the government don’t know which Academies and Free Schools are religiously discriminating ‘faith’ schools
April 19, 2012 No CommentA new Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by the British Humanist Association (BHA) has revealed that even the Department for Education (DfE) do not know which Academies and Free Schools have a ‘faith ethos’ and which do not.
Continue reading …Michael Gove to work ‘to extend the role of the Church in the provision of schools’
April 18, 2012 No CommentSecretary of State for Education Michael Gove has said that he will work with the Chair of the Church of England’s Board of Education, Bishop of Oxford John Pritchard ‘to extend the role of the Church in the provision of schools.’
Continue reading …Monkeying Around: Tenn. Governor Refuses to Confront Unconstitutional Creationism Bill
April 12, 2012 1 Comment
The schoolchildren of Tennessee deserve a sound education free of government-sanctioned proselytizing. The governor should see that they get it.
Continue reading …Tennessee, home to the famous “Monkey Trial” of teacher John Scopes, is about to pass legislation to allow science teachers to promote Creationism . . . and homeopathy, and ghost-hunting, and whatever other pseudoscience or flim-flam they like.
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