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Oh no! Yecke in the top three.
Your top three candidates for Florida Education Commissioner are: Joseph Marinelli, Eric Smith and Cheri Yecke. Here are some good points made by the Palm Beach Post: Pick an education leader who will break with Jeb Cheri Pierson Yecke is … Continue reading
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Education commissioner interviews
The finalists hoping to become Florida’s next education commissioner are being interviewed today. Story focusing on Gov. Crist’s role. Story focusing on candidate Jim Warford. Of 32 candidates who applied for Florida’s education commissioner, only 24 met the necessary criteria. … Continue reading
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Florida students make semifinalists cut in science competition
The 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge has narrowed their search down to 400 students for their annual science fair competition. Essentially, students nationwide apply for the Challenge through their local science fairs. Judges review the entries and pick semifinalists … Continue reading
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Lunar eclipse
Did you catch the lunar eclipse this morning? Here are some photos in case you missed it. Some info from a short article on the event: One or two lunar eclipses take place each year. This month’s eclipse was the … Continue reading
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UF professor hits the road with Darwin
A University of Florida professor has been honored with the title “visiting scholar” and will be touring campuses giving lectures about Darwin. The talks will apparently be open to the public. A University of Florida professor is preparing to become … Continue reading
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Math helps students in college science
An interesting study suggests that the most important thing in high school that could help students in college science courses is math. Specific science courses taken in hgh school helped in that same subject in college, but didn’t translate over … Continue reading
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Who will be voted off first?
I’ve noticed a bit of a mean streak in the slowly growing coverage of the search for Florida’s next education commissioner. An opinion piece slices and dices Jeb Bush’s education legacy (and coolly dropped in a mention of creationism in … Continue reading
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Candidate pool not much bigger
The deadline to apply for State Education Commissioner was extended so that a bigger pool of applicants could be obtained. Well, one person apparently dropped out and only two others signed up. This Orlando Sentinel education blog post says that … Continue reading
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