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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 →

Sad and discouraging story: Answers in Genesis conference in Florida.  Rick Lindsey, minister of students at Hibernia, said over 900 were in attendance at the Aug. 28 evening session. … In explaining the prevalence of evolution as the basis for … Continue reading →

The Space Coast Science Education Alliance pulls together a wide range of local resources with the goal of improving science education. Volunteer group promotes, supports science education: An all-volunteer organization, whose members have a passion for science and a commitment … Continue reading →

Eugenie Scott will not be at today’s screening of No Dinosaurs in Heaven in Tallahassee due to the hurricane. She will be replaced by Nobel Prize winner Harold Kroto, Florida State University professor. However, Scott said on her Facebook page … Continue reading →

Showing in Tallahassee on Sunday: ‘No Dinosaurs’ doc tangles with creationism (Tallahassee Democrat article). Eugenie Scott has no problem with those who believe in creationism, which is the belief God created the world in its present form a few thousand … Continue reading →

Take a moment to read this recent newspaper story: Okaloosa to up the ante for science classes “All kids are going to have to dig deeper in science to get that high school diploma, so we knew we had to … Continue reading →