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 ...

J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida is the first high school in the world to use synthetic animals in lab dissections, as reported by CNN. “We are so excited to have partnered with ...

When Lauren S. Skaskiw refused to dissect a fetal pig last year, she learned a lesson in biology—and civics. The junior at Woodstock Union High School in eastern Vermont managed to earn her class’s ...

Dear EarthTalk: Are the animals used in classroom dissection taken from the wild? If so, wouldn't this be endangering their populations? Are there other environmental issues associated with classroom ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new bill is looking to prohibit students from dissecting animals in school. Currently, students with a morale objection to dissecting an animal have the right to refrain from ...

Increasing numbers of students are asking to opt out of the science class ritual of dissecting frogs or fetal pigs, branding the practice cruel and insisting they can learn as much from computer ...

Tuckahoe, N.Y.: Thank you, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, for your efforts toward education reform, including parental rights, misused funds, school choice and accountability in ...

For some students, dissecting animals in class can be the highlight of the semester. For others, however, it’s cruel and … maybe kind of gross. But for students at a Florida high school, the learning ...

The protest barely qualified as one. Six staunch PETA supporters, including one inside a cat costume and another dressed as a pig, paced the sidewalk outside High School District 113 in Highland Park.