Author Archives: Brandon Haught

I’m not sure who is behind OnlineEngineeringDegree.com, but I do like a simple and informative graphic they made about the STEM shortage. There’s lots of good statistics in there presented in a clean but interesting way.

It’s certainly tough to fit all of the mandated academic subjects into the usual elementary school day. Unfortunately, that means that some important subjects are cast aside to make room. Science is one of those unfortunate victims. In order to … Continue reading →

Florida-based creationist Gary Parker has been featured in many newspaper articles over the years. The latest one in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune is pretty much standard feature-article fare. But it does offer voices that take his creationist beliefs to task, including … Continue reading →

Florida Citizens for Science vice president Jonathan Smith was on Radio Exiles’ 7 Day Challenge show. Check it out. You can listen to it online or download the podcast.

Florida Citizens for Science vice president Jonathan Smith will be on RadioExiles this Friday at 11:30 a.m. He’s expected to talk about good science/bad science, science in schools, and science in politics. Should be a good time.

Gov. Scott decided to pick on anthropologists: “We’re spending a lot of money on education, and when you look at the results, it’s not great…. Do you want to use your tax money to educate more people who can’t get … Continue reading →

Fred Grimm from the Miami Herald has a good article about the very real and very scary Republican political war on science that’s worth a read. For Republican candidates, politics trump science. [Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer] Carroll, in her fire-and-brimstone … Continue reading →

Class size limitations were relaxed by the Florida legislature and it’s taken a while to see what the real-world results would be. As many predicted, it’s not good. Not good at all. In Broward, some class sizes overflowing despite state … Continue reading →