Comments on: For Immediate Release: Creationists Continue to Dictate BESE Science Education Policy

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » Press Release: Louisiana Coalition for Science supports SB 70 to repeal Louisiana Science Education Act

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:13:35 +0000

[...] In September 2009, the LFF influenced BESE’s Bulletin 741 policy concerning citizen complaints. The policy stacks the review procedure in favor of creationists when parents or concerned citizens file complaints about creationist materials used in science classes. The policy also undermines Department of Education staff experts. (See Louisiana Coalition for Science, http://lasciencecoalition.org/2009/09/30/creationists-dictate-bese-policy/) [...]

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » Merry Kitzmas, everybody! A gift from the Louisiana Coalition for Science

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:29:19 +0000

[...] at gaining control over BESE policies governing the implementation of the LSEA (see here and here), the Louisiana Family Forum (LFF) then went after the biology textbooks. But this time, the LFF [...]

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » Of Autism and Creationism — A Strange Louisiana Connection

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:21:15 +0000

[...] attack on the textbook selection process in Louisiana. (See him pictured (on left) at the September 16, 2009, BESE meeting with his LFF colleagues Darrell White, Lennie Ditoro,and Rev. Gene Mills.) He also serves on the [...]

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » Hell just froze over in Louisiana.

Louisiana Coalition for Science » Hell just froze over in Louisiana. — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:43:20 +0000

[...] Science Education was being rammed through the legislature — or BESE on January 13, 2009 or September 16, 2009 — when the LFF sent its creationist contingent in to take control of the policy that implemented [...]

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » Textbook Attack in Louisiana

Louisiana Coalition for Science » Textbook Attack in Louisiana — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:53:40 +0000

[...] Student/School Performance and Support Committee (SSPS), chaired by LFF point man Dale Bayard, met on October 19, 2010. The committee’s meeting packet contains a recommendation from the [...]

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » Livingston Parish School Board Wants to Implement Discovery Institute’s “Academic Freedom” Law

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:22:07 +0000

[...] Education (BESE) would handle complaints about supplementary materials in science classes (see here for background), the Discovery Institute interfered in Louisiana policy-making a second time. Casey [...]

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » A Dubious Honor for Louisiana at Year’s End

Fri, 28 May 2010 22:51:25 +0000

[...] LCFS articles about this here and here.) (NOTE: Readers who value good science education can begin 2010 by joining NCSE, which is the only [...]

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » New Mexicans for Science and Reason: “What Hath Jindal Done?”

Fri, 28 May 2010 22:25:56 +0000

[...] that was adopted in September 2009 by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education governing the filing of complaints about materials used in Louisiana science classes. The audio clip is posted here (11 minutes, 15.3 [...]

By: A Warning to Louisiana Creationists « The Sensuous Curmudgeon

A Warning to Louisiana Creationists « The Sensuous Curmudgeon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:34:49 +0000

[...] For a thorough background on these developments, see Barbara Forrest’s press release from a few months ago: Creationists Continue to Dictate BESE Science Education Policy [...]

By: dangerblond.org » uneducating children in louisiana

dangerblond.org » uneducating children in louisiana — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:39:11 +0000

[...] the Louisiana Coalition for Science: In short, as BESE’s complaint procedure is now drafted, DOE’s expert reviewers will be in the [...]