Joshua Youngkin

Lawyer in public policy, antitrust, education law, and electronic discovery. Previously, Discovery Institute Program Officer in Public Policy and Legal Affairs.

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Slowly, Slowly South Carolina Hammers Out a New Science Standard

_{Joshua Youngkin
June 18, 2014}

"Argument and debate are common in science yet are virtually absent in science education."

In South Carolina, a Need for Some Clarity on Intelligent Design

_{Joshua Youngkin
May 30, 2014}

The Republican primary for South Carolina's superintendent of education will be held on June 10.

In South Carolina, Students May Soon Critique Natural Selection

_{Joshua Youngkin
May 8, 2014}

It should be uncontroversial for students to construct scientific arguments that support and discredit natural selection as the sole or major engine of evolution.

Efforts to Repeal Louisiana Science Education Act Are Defeated, Fourth Year in a Row

_{Joshua Youngkin
April 27, 2014}

Last year, the Committee's Chair, Senator Conrad Appel (R., Metairie), asked the LSEA's adversaries to produce evidence that the LSEA caused harm to someone, somewhere.

In Twin Cases, "Academic Integrity" Is Newspeak for “Speech Code”

_{Joshua Youngkin
April 11, 2014}

The recent importation by Ball State and Amarillo College of "academic integrity" into the domain of academic freedom is straight out of left field.

Will News Channel 4 Correct Its Story on Academic Freedom in Oklahoma?

_{Joshua Youngkin
April 1, 2014}

The resulting story is a tricky mix of honest and not-so-honest reporting that is bound to mislead people.

What’s Happening Over at the Battle of Ball State? Well …

_{Joshua Youngkin
March 25, 2014}

BSU president Jo Ann Gora plans to meet with Indiana legislators to discuss her speech-ban policy on intelligent design. Meanwhile, the Muncie Star Press weighs in.

Ball State University: Why It Matters

_{Joshua Youngkin
March 20, 2014}

What is academic freedom? For one, it's a real thing, real as in we didn't make it up here at Discovery Institute.

Rosenhouse & Coyne LLP: Internet Lawyers

_{Joshua Youngkin
March 19, 2014}

Did Discovery Institute state that intelligent design is religion? No, that did not happen. What happened was this.

Has Discovery Institute Admitted that Intelligent Design Is Religion?

_{Joshua Youngkin
March 14, 2014}

University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne has had a lot to say over the past year about Indiana's Ball State University.

The Next Generation Science Standards: State of the States

_{Joshua Youngkin
March 13, 2014}

The statehouse in Wyoming is hardly alone in taking this matter seriously.

Slate Cartoonist Takes a Stab at Statutory Interpretation ‘Cause, Hey, Why Not?

_{Joshua Youngkin
January 28, 2014}

This has been getting a lot of attention, including from activist Zack Kopplin.

Academic Freedom in Virginia: Don’t Want to Read the Text of the Bill? Read the "Context" Instead

_{Joshua Youngkin
January 24, 2014}

Karl Giberson is worried about the benign attractiveness of a prospective Virginia law.

In Virginia, an Academic Freedom Bill Attracts Ire

_{Joshua Youngkin
January 8, 2014}

Why the fuss?

Literacy Professor Goes Illiterate on Academic Freedom Bill

_{Joshua Youngkin
November 14, 2013}

When interpreting text, including bills, it is important to look at the text one is attempting to interpret.

What Is "Academic Freedom," Really?

_{Joshua Youngkin
October 12, 2013}

A couple of weeks ago, as David Klinghoffer noted yesterday, journalist Sarah Posner called me to talk to me about academic freedom.

Evolutionary Biologist Jerry Coyne Goes All Scientistic

_{Joshua Youngkin
September 25, 2013}

Even the firmest bits of scientific knowledge are socially constructed, incomplete and revisable.

Mother Jones, Followed by National Review — yes, National Review — Misrepresents the Texas Textbook Review Process

_{Joshua Youngkin
September 19, 2013}

Fortunately, Texans know how to check crazy.

Kids Bored in Science Class? Empower Them to Explore Hot Topics

_{Joshua Youngkin
September 13, 2013}

It takes guts to empower students to explore hot topics. Sacred cows may be tipped. But there's no learning, and no innovation, without some risk to the status quo.

Ball State University Class Teaches that “Science Must Destroy Religion”

_{Joshua Youngkin
September 11, 2013}

On this episode of ID the Future, attorney Joshua Youngkin, Discovery Institute Program Officer in Public Policy and Legal Affairs, gives some background on Ball State University’s violation of academic freedom — an issue that has escalated with BSU President Jo Ann Gora’s recent edict forbidding all faculty from expressing support for intelligent design in the classroom. Youngkin reveal’s BSU’s targeted application of speech restrictions, discussing how BSU allows faculty to teach that “Science Must Destroy Religion,” and calls for BSU lift its ban on discussions of intelligent design. If you support academic freedom on intelligent design, please contact Ball State University’s Board of Trustees right away and ask them to overturn President …