Daily Archives: February 27, 2009

Press Release: “Critical Analysis” bill

Florida Citizens for Science Press Release: “Critical Analysis” Bill Undermines Florida Science Education Florida Citizens for Science is disappointed that Senator Stephen Wise has chosen to waste the valuable time of his fellow legislators and possibly deepen a school district’s … Continue reading

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“Critical analysis” bill filed by Wise today

All that bluster about mandating intelligent design creationism was much ado about nothing, I guess. Today, Senator Stephen Wise filed SB 2396: Educational Instruction; Requires that the instructional staff of a  public school teach a thorough presentation and critical analysis … Continue reading

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Florida’s Greatest Menace V: Brainwashing Students

(This is the fifth part in the Florida’s Greatest Menace series. For an introduction to the series, go here.) A new leader Waging a battle against the teaching of evolution has but one requirement: a leader with a fire in … Continue reading

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Earliest Human Footprints Discovered

Ancient footprints found at Rutgers’ Koobi Fora Field School show that some of the earliest humans walked like us and did so on anatomically modern feet 1.5 million years ago. Published as the cover story in the Feb. 27 issue … Continue reading

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