Category Archives: In the News

Framers and writers back to work. 12 counties?!

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Brandon Haught

The 58 men and women who worked on the original draft of the new Florida science standards are now back at it. They’re going through all the public and professional input that has flooded in over the past few months. … Continue reading →

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Breathtaking inanity

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Brandon Haught

I’m embarrassed. Sure, the Taylor County school board was apparently the first to pass a resolution complaining about evolution (previous post here), but they’re not the only one. Two more counties passed resolutions, too: Baker County and Holmes County. The … Continue reading →

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Miramar: the morning after

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Brandon Haught

OK, so we got one nasty shocker out of the way last night when the Associated Press clued us in to Taylor County’s anti-evolution resolution. Let’s move on to see what’s in store for us the day after the final … Continue reading →

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Early report on the Miramar meeting

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Brandon Haught

An Associated Press article on tonight’s meeting in Miramar about the new draft of the state science standards is already up on the Florida Times-Union website. The story does not give an overall impression of attendance or how many people … Continue reading →

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And yet another school board member …

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Brandon Haught

I was featured in an article in the Daytona Beach News-Journal today. I think the paper made too big a deal out of connecting my day job with my volunteer efforts here. However, in the newspaper world, the mantra is … Continue reading →

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News roundup on last night’s meeting

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Brandon Haught

My greatest fear concerning last night’s meeting in Jacksonville about the new draft of the state science standards was that the anti-science folks would beat us with numbers. Having more people there would then skew the perception of the media … Continue reading →

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You made an impression. Congratulations!

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Brandon Haught

Ron Matus, of The St. Petersburg Times education blog the Gradebook, gives an early report on the public meeting in Jacksonville about the new draft science standards. Matus makes of note of the attendance; evolution and science defenders took this … Continue reading →

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Coalition says scientists and teachers need to get involved

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Brandon Haught

The Coalition of Scientific Societies recently conducted a survey about evolution in science education and the public’s attitudes toward evolution. I’ve lamented in the past about how lousy such surveys tend to be, but this one is by far one … Continue reading →

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