Il National Center for Science Education (NCSE) è un'organizzazione no-profit con sede a Oakland, in California affiliata con l'American Association for the Advancement of Science."AAAS Affiliates". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 17 March 2013. Il National Center for Science Education è un'organizzazione senza scopo di lucro, la cui missione dichiarata è quella di educare la stampa e il pubblico sugli aspetti scientifici ed educativi delle polemiche che circondano l'insegnamento dell'evoluzione e dei cambiamenti climatici, e di fornire informazioni e risorse alle scuole, ai genitori e ad altri cittadini che si battono per l'istruzione scientifica nella scuola pubblica. Il National Center for Science Education ha oltre 4.500 membri tra scienziati, insegnanti, sacerdoti, e cittadini di varie appartenenze religiose e politiche."About NCSE". January 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012."Frequently Asked Questions about NCSE". January 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012. Il centro si oppone all'insegnamento di opinioni religiose nelle lezioni di scienze delle scuole pubbliche americane attraverso iniziative come il progetto Steve, ed è considerato la più importante organizzazione anti-creazionista negli Stati Uniti.The Panda's Black Box, Nathaniel C. Comfort, Daniel J. Kevles, p6. Tra i sostenitori dell'organizzazione ci sono Bruce AlbertsNCSE.com, Advisory Council., ex presidente della National Academy of Sciences; Donald Johanson, scopritore del fossile "Lucy"; e il biologo evoluzionista Francisco J. Ayala. Anche il paleontologo e scrittore Stephen Jay Gould è stato per lungo tempo un sostenitore dell'attività dell'NCSENCSE.com, Project Steve, Home..

Staff e sostenitori

Direttori Barbara Forrest — Southeastern Louisiana University Michael Haas — Orion Renewable Energy Group Richard B. Katskee — Americans United for Separation of Church and State Kenneth R. Miller — Brown University Barry Polisky Benjamin D. Santer — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Ex Officio, Executive Director: Ann Reid

Officers President: Francisco J. Ayala — University of California, Irvine Vice President/Treasurer: Lorne Trottier — Matrox Secretary: Robert M. West — Informal Learning Experiences, Inc.

Staff Executive Director: Ann Reid Deputy Director: Glenn Branch Director of Operations: Rae Holzman Director of Communications: Robert Luhn Programs and Policy Director: Joshua Rosenau Steven Newton Director of Community Organizing and Research: Emily Schoerning Editor, Reports of the NCSE: Stephanie Keep Program Coordinator: Claire Adrian-Tucci Office Manager: Nina Hollenberg

Consiglio consultivo Chair: Eugenie C. Scott – National Center for Science Education Bruce Alberts — University of California, San Francisco Francisco J. Ayala — University of California, Irvine Frederick Borsch — Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Stephen G. Brush — University of Maryland Sean B. Carroll — University of Wisconsin, Madison Johnnetta B. Cole — Smithsonian Institution Joel Cracraft — American Museum of Natural History Brent Dalrymple — Oregon State University James E. Darnell, Jr. — Rockefeller University Richard E. Dickerson — University of California, Los Angeles Robert H. Dott, Jr. — University of Wisconsin, Madison James D. Ebert† — Chesapeake Institute of Johns Hopkins University Niles Eldredge — American Museum of Natural History Milton Fingerman — Tulane University Douglas J. Futuyma — University of Michigan Alfred G. Gilman — University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Laurie Godfrey — University of Massachusetts Ursula Goodenough — Università Washington a Saint Louis Stephen Jay Gould† — Harvard University James Hansen - Goddard Institute for Space Studies (ret.) Donald Hornig† — Harvard University Norman H. Horowitz† — California Institute of Technology Francis Clark Howell† — University of California, Berkeley Duane E. Jeffery — Brigham Young University Donald Johanson — Institute for Human Origins Patricia Kelley — University of North Carolina, Wilmington Philip Kitcher — Columbia University Richard C. Lewontin — Harvard University Michael MacCracken - Climate Institute Paul MacCready† — Aerovironment, Inc. Michael E. Mann — Pennsylvania State University Lynn Margulis† — University of Massachusetts Malcolm McKenna† — American Museum of Natural History Bill McKibben - 350.org Keith B. Miller — Kansas State University Kenneth R. Miller — Brown University John A. Moore† — Università della California - Riverside David Morrison — NASA Ames Dorothy Nelkin† — New York University Bill Nye — TV Scientist Kevin Padian — University of California, Berkeley William S. Pollitzer† — University of North Carolina Kevin Padian, University of California, Berkeley Robert L. Park — University of Maryland Joseph E. Rall† — National Institutes of Health James Randi — James Randi Educational Foundation Michael Ruse — Florida State University James W. Skehan, S.J. — Weston Observatory (Boston College) Elliott Sober — University of Wisconsin, Madison Frank Sonleitner — University of Oklahoma Richard Stucky — Denver Museum of Nature & Science Marvalee Wake — University of California, Berkeley Mary Jane West-Eberhard — Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Tim D. White — University of California, Berkeley

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