Sarah Chaffee

Now a teacher, Sarah Chaffee served as Program Officer in Education and Public Policy at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. She earned her B.A. in Government. During college she interned at Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler’s office and for Prison Fellowship Ministries. Before coming to Discovery, she worked for a private land trust with holdings in the Southwest.

Archives

If Your Free Speech Is Threatened, Let Us Know

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 4, 2020}

As the school year starts, I’m wondering how many students and professors will find themselves in difficult positions.

In Australia, Academic Freedom Case Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 3, 2020}

Professor Peter Ridd doubted that the Great Barrier Reef was almost dead due to global warming, and argued as much.

NCSE Pushes Unscientific Pro-Darwin Survey

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 20, 2020}

On this episode of ID the Future, Robert Crowther interviews Sarah Chaffee, Education and Public Policy Program Officer for the Center for Science and Culture, on a recent survey conducted by the dogmatically pro-Darwin National Center for Science Education (NCSE), and published in Nature. The NCSE claims that the survey shows that science teachers “advocate evolution” even more now than in 2007. But as Crowther and Chaffe’s discussion suggests, the survey appears gamed to produce a pro-Darwinist outcome, so much so that even teachers who follow Discovery Institute’s policy of promoting critical thinking skills by teaching biology students both the strengths and weaknesses of modern evolutionary theory could be counted as evolution advocates by the survey. Then too, as Crowther …

In Nature, NCSE Downplays Critical Analysis of Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 3, 2020}

The rosy picture the NCSE paints for advocates of pro-Darwin-only education is not quite accurate.

In the NGSS, a Dogmatic Standard on Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 24, 2020}

Inaccurate teaching about evolution is widespread, as Jonathan Wells’s review of textbooks shows.

Online Education and the Evolution Debate

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 4, 2020}

Given recent developments in education, our mission has become more urgent than ever.

Here’s How to Use Precious Family Time, Wisely

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 6, 2020}

Despite their sometimes-nonchalant attitudes as they try to act cool, children do care what their parents think.

An Artist Examines Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 29, 2020}

We may dispute what Darwin felt or thought in the privacy of his study — but the bulk of his writings fall clearly into advocating for one perspective: naturalism.

Bring “Visible Thinking” to Evolution Education

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 2, 2020}

This work reminds me strongly of the Center for Science & Culture’s emphasis on analysis, evaluation, and examining the evidence in public school evolution education.

To Create or Destroy, Via Twitter

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 21, 2020}

Wood here is the creator. Teytelman is the would-be destroyer. He could work with people sympathetic to his view to hold an alternate conference.

Science Education and the Growth Mindset

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 6, 2020}

Growth mindset is an idea popularized by Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck.

From FIRE, Good News on Campus Free Speech

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 6, 2020}

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is out now with a new report. It’s their yearly analysis of speech codes.

Breakthrough? Nature Calls for Openness in Science Education

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 2, 2019}

“Diversity and doubt produce creativity; we must make room for them,” according to Jerry Ravetz.

Fact and Fiction: Ohio Bill Stirs Needless Alarm

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 29, 2019}

This proposed law largely echoes the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment on free speech (including on religious matters).

How Should We Then Teach Evolution?

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 4, 2019}

Students who learn the difficult but important skills of examining data are more likely to engage in learning that sets them up for future STEM success.

When Biologists Speak to Biology Teachers, Cont.

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 23, 2019}

As University of Texas political philosopher J. Budziszewski points out, some scientists modify their message on evolution when speaking to the teachers.

In Massachusetts, Spreading Myths About Academic Freedom Legislation

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 4, 2019}

In those few paragraphs, there’s a great deal of misinformation about academic freedom laws, how they harm science teaching and imperil students and educators.

Lukianoff Optimistic About Academic Freedom, Gives Advice for Concerned Citizens

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 3, 2019}

If implemented, would these ideas have succored those who faced discrimination in universities, including Eric Hedin, Scott Minnich, or Dean Kenyon?

National Science Teaching Association Censors Open Inquiry, Stonewalls When Questioned

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 23, 2019}

Imagine, the major U.S. science teachers group used security guards to stop a scheduled speaker from speaking and to hustle him out of the premises.

More Victories for Academic Freedom…Down Under

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 1, 2019}

It seems that a movement of support for academic freedom is rising in Australia. I hope it makes its way to the United States.