Bennett’s background

There’s been some buzz about Indiana’s outgoing state superintendent Tony Bennett being recruited to make a move to the Sunshine State for a job as our education commissioner (see here and here). It’s still just conjecture at this point, but why not highlight a thing or two from his past that might have some relevance to us here at Florida Citizens for Science?

He’s a former science teacher. But he got briefly wrapped up in a mini-controversy when he agreed to be a speaker at a Creation Evidence Expo in 2009. He quickly canceled his appearance, saying that he hadn’t been aware of what the conference was all about.

He’s also nonchalant about where school voucher money can wind up.

When asked by a member of the audience what Bennett thought about using tax dollars to send children to schools that do not teach evolution and use an ideological standpoint to teach history, Bennett said, “Honestly, I’m agnostic about the type of schools our children attend.”

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One Response to Bennett’s background

  1. Mary Bahr says:

    Tony Bennett lost re-election in Indiana because of his strong support of common core standards – He was taken down by the Teachers union but the votes came from disaffected conservatives who do not want federal control of standards and testing. Here is an analysis of the election: http://boston.com/community/blogs/rock_the_schoolhouse/2012/11/dont_count_your_chickens_befor.html

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