You are here MnCSE Honors Ken Hubert On June 20, 2008, the
Minnesota Citizens for Science Education (MnCSE) sponsored
Evolution 101, a day-long workshop to help K–12 teachers teach
evolution more effectively. The workshop was attended by
approximately 150 attendees and was held at the University of
Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History as part of Evolution
2008. At the workshop, MnCSE honored Ken Hubert of Faribault,
Minnesota, whose insistence that biology teachers in his school
teach evolution ultimately led to LeVake v Independent School
District #656. Deciding this lawsuit, the court affirmed that
teachers cannot teach their own curriculum — in this instance,
that Hubert’s colleague and fellow biology-teacher Rodney LeVake
must teach evolution and could not teach creationism in his
biology course. (See RNCSE 1999 Nov/Dec; 19 : 8–9; 2000 Jan–Apr;
20 [1–2]: 13–14; and 2000 Sep/Oct; 20 : 8–9 for background.) The
recognition of Hubert also included a letter of commendation
from NCSE. For more information