{"id":1402,"date":"2011-08-14T14:49:47","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T18:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2011-08-14T14:49:47","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T18:49:47","slug":"okaloosa-focuses-on-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1402","title":{"rendered":"Okaloosa focuses on science"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a moment to read this recent newspaper story: Okaloosa to up the ante for science classes<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153All kids are going to have to dig deeper in science to get that high school diploma, so we knew we had to make some changes,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n

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In high school, the more remedial-type science classes have been eliminated. Students will either take regular, advanced or accelerated science classes.<\/p>\n

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Each course at all grade levels will emphasize hands-on activities to ensure students remain engaged.<\/p>\n

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The activities are possible largely because of community partners such as the Air Force Research Lab and the Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base have offered people and money to support the change.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take a moment to read this recent newspaper story: Okaloosa to up the ante for science classes \u00e2\u20ac\u0153All kids are going to have to dig deeper in science to get that high school diploma, so we knew we had to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-mC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":827,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=827","url_meta":{"origin":1402,"position":0},"title":"Kids experience “Life” in NW Florida","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Two-hundred Okaloosa County 7th graders got the chance to take science class outdoors thanks to a new program called \"Life\". 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