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The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the teaching of evolution in public school science classrooms. The organization's executive director is Dr. Eugenie Scott, who holds a PhD in physical anthropology from the University of Missouri.

Dr. Scott appeared last week on NPR's Science Friday program, where she discussed the recent adoption of new (creationist friendly) science education standards in Texas. In her interview with host Ira Flatow, she discusses the new standards, why wording and language are important, and what exactly is at stake with the passage of the new standards. You can access the interview and listen to it by following the above links, or you can download an mp3 of it here.

Here is video of Dr. Scott's testimony before the Texas State Board of Education last month: