Eugenie Carol Scott the 67 year old American physical anthropologist who has been the executive director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) since 1987, and the leading critic of young earth creationism and intelligent design has announced her retirement. Scott has been featured in an article by Jeffrey Mervis in the Science Insider, in which he states “Eugenie Scott has spent 26 years helping teachers do what's right for their students in the name of science. And while the need to defend the teaching of evolution and climate change certainly hasn't disappeared, Scott announced that she is stepping down later this year… "I think all nonprofits hope someday to put themselves out of business," says Scott, now 67. "But I guess I found a sinecure," she adds with a laugh. …Trained as a physical anthropologist, Scott was on the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1980 when she and other educators opposed attempts to teach creationism in the local schools. NCSE was the product of a national grassroots network that had sprung up to battle similar attempts across the country during that era, and Scott joined the fledgling organization in 1987. Based in Oakland, California, NCSE has grown into a 15-person, $1.2 million a year operation that monitors legislation at all levels and provides advice and resources to educators. A prolific writer, organizer, and strategist, Scott says that her successor will inherit "a more mature organization moving in exciting new directions." In recent years, NCSE has expanded efforts to defend teachers and school districts from attacks by climate change deniers that employ tactics very similar to those used by opponents of evolution. "We've learned from Day 1 that you don't blunt those attacks by simply shoveling science onto the debate," she says. "You need to recognize the political and economic and cultural issues in play. In the end, it comes down to your powers of persuasion." Inspired by Jeffrey Mervis, Science Insider ow.ly/laUIx Image source Facebook ow.ly/laUD7 Leading critic of young earth creationism (June 16 2013)

Eugenie Carol Scott the 67 year old American physical anthropologist who has been the executive director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) since 1987, and the leading critic of young earth creationism and intelligent design has announced her retirement. Scott has been featured in an article by Jeffrey Mervis in the Science Insider, in which he states “Eugenie Scott has spent 26 years helping teachers do what’s right for their students in the name of science. And while the need to defend the teaching of evolution and climate change certainly hasn’t disappeared, Scott announced that she is stepping down later this year… “I think all nonprofits hope someday to put themselves out of business,” says Scott, now 67. “But I guess I found a sinecure,” she adds with a laugh. …Trained as a physical anthropologist, Scott was on the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1980 when she and other educators opposed attempts to teach creationism in the local schools. NCSE was the product of a national grassroots network that had sprung up to battle similar attempts across the country during that era, and Scott joined the fledgling organization in 1987. Based in Oakland, California, NCSE has grown into a 15-person, $1.2 million a year operation that monitors legislation at all levels and provides advice and resources to educators. A prolific writer, organizer, and strategist, Scott says that her successor will inherit “a more mature organization moving in exciting new directions.” In recent years, NCSE has expanded efforts to defend teachers and school districts from attacks by climate change deniers that employ tactics very similar to those used by opponents of evolution. “We’ve learned from Day 1 that you don’t blunt those attacks by simply shoveling science onto the debate,” she says. “You need to recognize the political and economic and cultural issues in play. In the end, it comes down to your powers of persuasion.”

 

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