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It looks like Gerard Robinson is Florida’s new education commissioner. It happened mighty quick and thus raises some questions about whether anything improper was going on behind the scenes. And where does science education fit into all of this? Nowhere, … Continue reading →

Contestants in the current Miss USA contest were asked a few questions during pre-recorded interviews, including “Should evolution be taught in schools?” A Christian Post article provides examples of some answers: Despite concerns of compromising beliefs for the sake of … Continue reading →

Paul Cottle wrote on his blog about an ABC news report focused on a push to reduce dissections in schools, replacing them with virtual dissections. There is a Florida connection here. A company is working hard to get its particular … Continue reading →

There has been a big push in Louisiana to repeal a law that essentially invites the teaching of creationism in that state’s public schools. Unfortunately, despite an admirable campaign mounted by high school student Zack Kopplin, the repeal effort failed. … Continue reading →

There is another article today about the proposed radical changes to the state’s textbook selection process. School bill removes citizens from textbook reviews Average citizens may lose what limited role they have now in the state’s adoption of public school … Continue reading →

The members of science cafe in Orlando must be “gluttons for punishment” as they have, perhaps misguidedly,ask me to speak at their meeting on Wednesday June 1st. I would welcome all FCS and those associates who live in the Orlando … Continue reading →

I wanted to do a quick search around the Internet in relation to my previous post about a very weak florida science education plan. Is it possible we’re just missing something? I was surprised to discover that the old Office of Mathematics … Continue reading →

The Florida Department of Education has produced “Florida’s K-12 Science Education Plan” (pdf). Paul Cottle has taken a look at it and writes at his Bridge to Tomorrow blog that it leaves a lot to be desired. The plan, which … Continue reading →