Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Florida Board of Education met today and discussed a wide range of subjects for several hours. One of the topics for discussion was the current status of the state science standards. Our standards did poorly on a review by … Continue reading →

For those of you keeping score at home, we have a few interesting Florida science-related issues coming up this week. First, the Florida Board of Education on Thursday will consider the Education Commissioner’s recommendation to put a band-aid on the … Continue reading →

In a report that Florida Commissioner of Education Gerard Robinson will be presenting (pdf document) to the Florida Board of Education this week, he recommends temporarily patching up our state’s wounded science standards and then adopting the National Next Generation … Continue reading →

Fred Grimm over at the Miami Herald has a column published entitled “Fighting evolution one monkey law at a time.” Model bills bounce around from one whacked-out legislature to another. If evolution went down in Tennessee in 2012, you can … Continue reading →