Biology is constructed, but there’s only one version of history
Today the Florida Senate PreK-12 committee approved Ronda Storms’s bill (SB 2692) that would undercut the new state science standards that include evolution as the basic model of biology. It’s called the “Academic Freedom Act,” but it only applies to biology teachers who want to teach Intelligent Design (or the Flying Spaghetti Monster theory of […]
Turnitin.com, students’ intellectual property, and fair use
Eric Goldman has the latest news and commentary on the high school students’ lawsuit (and the suit’s dismissal) against having to submit papers to Turnitin.com (hat tip). It’s a fascinating and complicated issue, and Goldman’s discussion explains at least some of the tangles involved (though I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more).