Category Archives: In the News

A column in the Tallahassee Democrat addresses the issue of whether a person can accept evolution and have religious faith. I know that conversation has taken place on this blog’s comments, with folks taking all sides. Some feel that science … Continue reading →

Florida has a new education commissioner, Eric J. Smith. The St. Petersburg Times interviewd him and slipped in a question about the controversy over the new draft science standards. Smith essentially avoided the question, which is not a good sign. … Continue reading →

An employee at the Florida Department of Education sent out an e-mail from her personal account to several people in an attempt to rally them to oppose the new draft of the state science standards because of the way evolution … Continue reading →

The Miami Herald jumps into the fray over evolution in the Florida public schools science standards. The reporter writes a comprehensive piece on what is going on, the history of attacks on evolution education, and interviews quite a few people … Continue reading →

The issue of evolution in the state science standards, and the fate of those standards because of evolution, made the headlines today. Florida Citizens for Science members and the National Center for Science Education were very busy yesterday with interviews … Continue reading →

Florida Board of Education member Donna Callaway gets a brief story about her opposition to the new draft science standards in the St. Petersburg Times today. (We already commented on this issue in a post Nov. 30.) State Board of … Continue reading →

The following news release was sent out today as a joint effort of Florida Citizens for Science and the National Center for Science Education. Prof. who flunked Florida science standards says new ones are shooting for an A Expert gave … Continue reading →

This article in the St. Petersburg Times does what every good article should do: talk to the experts. The real experts. This gives such writing proper balance without resorting to the “equal balance” fallacy. The paper commissioned their own reviewer … Continue reading →