Evolution in the Classroom: A Panel Discussion

On March 19, 2009, the Center for Inquiry-New York City held a forum to discuss the real state of evolution education in American classroom. The panel included David Campbell, a Florida biology teacher profiled in The New York Times (August 24, 2008); Jose Maldonado, principal of Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering and an adjunct professor of science education at Teachers College, Columbia University; and Matthew LaClair, President of CFI-On Campus and a strong advocate for church-state separation in the classroom. The discussion was moderated by author and CFI-NYC program director Susan Jacoby.

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[waltermh111]

I dont know if CFI itself records these things, but it must be underfunded if it doesnt have equipment to record a bit more professionally.

Its a minor complaint on the video, especially audio lowering when the speaker isnt directly in front of the camera and camera jerkiness from too much moving for whatever reason.

Its also a sad state of affairs. Or maybe just lack of experience that will be rectified with time?

[BamBasse]

Really wanted to listen to this. But with such poor sound it's nearly impossible. Such a shame.

[1APost]

The audio is a little poor, but not completely horrible. I just discovered the CFI youtube channel, but I'm happy either way to see they are able to post some of these videos for us who can't afford to make the events.

[1APost]

The sound quality improves somewhere around 6 minutes. Thank you CFI for posting these videos! I wish I could afford to be a more active member and come to more functions. I'm a freethinker from Corning, NY, home of Margaret Sanger.

[joemg7777]

In addition, the sound completely drops out at the beginning of the second speaker. Too bad as it was an interesting talk up to then.

I assume these are done by volunteers so the quality and consistency will vary substantially from time to time.

[10mintwo]

annoying audience