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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 →

I know that things move a little slower in the South, particularly in our own state and I’m sure that’s all well and good if you’re cutting grass or picking oranges. However, when it come to making decisions in planning … Continue reading →

So, a little more than half the country (26 states) are at the party, so to speak, doing the exciting work of preparing a set of Next Generation Science Standards. Experts are taking their time and crafting an exemplary guide … Continue reading →

There’s been an interesting series of letters in the Naples Daily News these past few weeks about evolution and creationism. It started with Dr. Malnak’s letter April 11 in which he promotes evolution and dismisses creationism. Mr. Dudley then attacks … Continue reading →

The Tampa Bay Times education blog, The Gradebook, published an e-mail exchange that was sparked by Robert Krampf’s (the Happy Scientist) critique of the science FCAT. The Department of Education tries to defend the test and not very well, I … Continue reading →