Author Archives: Brandon Haught

About Brandon Haught

Communications Director for Florida Citizens for Science.

“… indoctrinated progeny …”

As a new author, I’m fascinated by every little milestone I cross. I’ve recently received my first Amazon customer reviews for Going Ape: Florida’s Battles over Evolution in the Classroom. One is a positive, thoughtful 4-star. Thank you, Jon E! … Continue reading →

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This & That 7/3/14

— College Won’t Accept Graduate Because School Is Not Accredited “A teen from southwest Miami-Dade County just graduated from high school a few weeks ago, but she has discovered her diploma isn’t valid. […] The 18-year-old spent the past two … Continue reading →

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Deniers will deny

Awesome! Going Ape was used in this Tallahassee Democrat column to help show how evolution deniers and climate change deniers are a lot alike: Evolution, climate change share a lot In “Going Ape,” it is clear that nothing would convince some … Continue reading →

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Free book excerpt

The National Center for Science Education has a free excerpt of my book available at their website. Check it out and help me spread the word by sharing the link, please! Thanks.

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Gulf Coast Live show interview

Archived audio of my interview with radio station WGCU’s Gulf Coast Live radio show is now available for your listening pleasure. Let me know how you think I did. A new book published by the University Press of Florida entitled, … Continue reading →

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On WGCU

I’ll be on radio station WGCU’s Gulf Coast Live call-in radio show tomorrow (Wednesday, June 25) starting at about 9 a.m. I believe you can listen live online if you’re not in the listening area. The show will then be … Continue reading →

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It’s been downhill ever since …

Florida State University physics professor Paul Cottle has an opinion piece in today’s Tallahassee Democrat: Science education takes a downward slide. It might give some state Department of Education folks a bit of heartburn. A series of decisions at the … Continue reading →

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Pushing hard for the near future

FSU physics professor Paul Cottle says: Why do I push so hard to keep students who took Algebra 1 in middle school moving through the science and engineering pipeline by taking the right math and science courses?  Because I know … Continue reading →

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