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19 Sep 2011

Countering creationism in classrooms
19 Sep 2011

Top scientists and educators want evolution not creationism in school science

Top scientists, science educators and five national organisations have signed a statement on teaching evolution, not creationism, in school science.
16 Jul 2011

Indian Christians and secularists join forces on schooling

Church and secular groups are protesting against southern Karnataka state government for promoting Hindu scripture in state-run schools.
13 Jul 2011

NGO challenges military influence in British schools

Forces Watch is running a series of events to launch its new campaign questioning armed forces recruitment in schools.
16 May 2011

Department for Education clarity needed over ‘creationism’ in schools

Organisations and individuals from scientific, religious and secular backgrounds have joined together to call for clarity in Department for Education guidance on the teaching of ‘creationism’.
13 May 2011

Michael Gove, the DfE, and creationism in schools

On 12 May 2011 an open letter was sent to the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, signed by key figures from both the scientific and religious communities. It calls for a change to the national Department for Education (DfE) guidelines to prevent creationism being taught, presented, or otherwise promoted as a valid scientific position to children in publicly-funded schools.
13 May 2011

Official teaching guidelines on creationism
13 May 2011

Education Secretary asked to stop creationism masquerading as science

A new campaign called CrISIS - Creationism In Schools Isn't Science - has been launched with the aim of keeping classrooms places of learning.
5 May 2011

A mistake to exclude RE from exams

Ekklesia believes that Beliefs and Values Education (what is currently called RE) should be part of the National Curriculum in schools - and in line with that, an element in the English Baccalaureate.
21 Jan 2011

Call for RE and collective worship to be included in curriculum review

The BHA has called for RE to become a national curriculum subject, and for the requirement for compulsory collective worship in schools to be repealed.

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