A recent petition at George Washington University supported a non-biology major's right to opt-out of dissection without penalty. Animal dissection has been a part of the United States' educational ...

Washington, DC—Rancho Verde High School in Moreno Valley, CA is the first school to accept a challenge by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) to discontinue animal dissections. In conjunction with the ...

Robert Rosenberger is an assistant professor of philosophy in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. He studies how users interact with technologies, investigating topics such as educational ...

Teens Now is a series by Grace Lee that features teenagers around the world who have inspired others in creative ways. Last year, Jaeah Kim and Jae Kim, 17-year-old seniors at Hunter College High ...

As the California State Board of Education prepares to decide which new educational materials will be incorporated into state schools, PETA supporter Kim Basinger sent the board’s president a letter ...

A new California bill, AB 1586, could ban animal dissection in K-12 classrooms throughout the state. The Replacing Animals in Science (RAISE) Act argues that animal dissection is costly, exposes ...

Washington, DC—Seven California schools have accepted a challenge by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) to discontinue all animal dissections and lead the way to animal-friendly science education.

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Students in any California public or private school, grades one through 12, could soon be prohibited from performing dissections. Assembly member Kalra introduced the bill last ...

The use of animals in lab classes at the UI can range from a demonstration of handling livestock in an agriculture class to experiments on how a certain drug will affect the heart rate of a live, ...

AMES, Iowa – In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as ...