Category Archives: Our Science Standards

Taking apart Gibbs and Grubbs

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Brandon Haught

The Gradebook has a follow-up post about the Gibbs and Grubbs “legal” memos [previous post on this here]. This time FSU law Professor Steven G. Gey is featured, and he completely rips apart Gibbs’ and Grubbs’ arguments. It’s a good … Continue reading →

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Another resolution slipped in

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Brandon Haught

Madison County school district doesn’t post agendas or minutes to their website that I could find. However, a commenter at Scott Hatfield’s Monkey Trials blog was kind enough to inform everyone that Madison County did actually pass an anti-evolution resolution … Continue reading →

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Interview with a science standards writer

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Brandon Haught

The St. Petersburg Times did an interview with a science standards writer from the local area. Kathryn Bylsma seems a little bit muddled in her response to the questions about evolution. She correctly states that “In the science community, this … Continue reading →

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A letter to the editor worth noting

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Brandon Haught

I’ve been staying away from posting letters to the editor on this blog, because there are so many of them. But this one I thought was worth taking note of due in part to what it says and in part … Continue reading →

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Article on Clay County meeting

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Brandon Haught

Here’s an article in the My Clay Sun section of the Times-Union about the Clay County anti-evolution resolution approval. The board members clearly made themselves out to be clueless about science, and they didn’t seem to care if everyone knew … Continue reading →

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Creationism is taught in Florida?!

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Brandon Haught

An article in today’s Florida Today focuses on what evolution in the public schools means to Brevard County. The majority of quotes in the story are outstanding, and, quite frankly, reality based. Here’s a sample. Superintendent Richard DiPatri said the … Continue reading →

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Report from the field: Clay County school board meeting

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Brandon Haught

A report on the science standards discussion in Clay County comes to us from dc in the comments in this earlier post. ——————————- The Clay County School Board just approved a modified form of the resolution by a vote of … Continue reading →

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Nassau and Jackson counties

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Brandon Haught

I was in a hurry when I posted about the news article this morning about some more counties passing or considering anti-evolution resolutions, so I couldn’t do any research concerning the counties mentioned in the story. Now that I have … Continue reading →

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