Author Archives: Brandon Haught

Here’s a nice story about summer camps helping students interested in science and technology flourish during summer break: Summer camps aim to get kids excited about science and technology Athan’s Engineering Minds, is a two-week program that will run Monday … Continue reading →

You’ll have to excuse me for the flurry of links I’m about to unleash here, but there’s a lot going on concerning our state science standards. First, the Orlando Sentinel School Zone blog notes that whereas Florida is reviewing the … Continue reading →

As Paul Cottle at Bridge to Tomorrow notes (welcome back to blogging Paul!) Kansas adopted the Next Generation Science Standards with little fuss. However, as the linked article notes: Friends and foes of the Common Core math and English standards … Continue reading →

The Florida Department of Education released the results of the most recent End of Course exams, including the only one administered in science: Biology I. Sixty-seven percent of first-time test takers statewide who took the Biology 1 EOC scored at … Continue reading →

Folks out there are paying attention to Florida’s consideration of the Next Generation Science Standards: Education Week’s Curriculum Matters blog. Orlando Sentinel’s School Zone blog. NPR’s StateImpact. EDITED TO ADD: Tampa Bay Times’ Gradebook blog.

United Methodists of the Alabama-West Florida Conference convened in Mobile, Alabama, this week. Among the topics discussed were a handful of petitions about science and evolution. These petitions to their 2016 General Conference would have requested the following: One would … Continue reading →

Quite a while ago I wrote a review of the documentary film No Dinosaurs in Heaven and submitted it to the Reports of the National Center for Science Education. The director, Greta Schiller, wasn’t happy. She wrote a reply that … Continue reading →

The Florida Association of Science Supervisors wrote a position statement advocating for Florida to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards. The Florida Association of Science Supervisors fully supports research-based practices that will improve science education for all Florida students. The … Continue reading →