Texas Citizens for Science (TCS) is a

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

-based advocacy group that works to protect the accuracy and reliability of

science education Science education is the teaching and learning of science to school children, college students, or adults within the general public. The field of science education includes work in science content, science process (the scientific method), som ...

. Its main activity is to oppose organized creationism in Texas, especially at the Texas State Board of Education,

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, and

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. TCS was formed in January 2003 as the successor to the Texas Council for Science Education that was active during 1980-1994. Steven Schafersman, the president of the organization, is a geologist and former university professor. In 2003, TCS was involved in opposing the introduction of creationism in hearings conducted by the Texas State Board of Education on biology textbooks. Schafersman testified before the board.Written Testimony to the State Board of Education of Texas
, Steven D. Schafersman Texas Citizens for Science August 18, 2003 In 2007-2008, TCS provided information to the public about the forced resignation of

Christine Comer Christina Castillo Comer (born 1950) is the former Director of Science in the curriculum division of the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Comer spent nine years as the Director of Science until she resigned on November 7, 2007. Comer's resignation has ...

from the Texas Education Agency and the attempt of the

Institute for Creation Research The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) is a Creationist apologetics institute in Dallas, Texas, that specializes in media promotion of pseudoscientific creation science and interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative as a historical ev ...

to win Texas certification to offer master's degrees in

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Texas Citizens for Science
webpage Citizen alliances for science