{"id":1588,"date":"2012-06-13T06:39:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T10:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2012-06-13T06:39:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T10:39:17","slug":"research-project-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1588","title":{"rendered":"Research project for you!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have an assignment for you folks. The national science standards that many states, including Florida, are considering adopting are predictably under fire due to the prominence of evolution in the draft document. Kansas has hit the news first, firing the initial shot: Kan. official wants evolution concerns considered<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d People who question evolution shouldn’t be treated as “crackpots,” and their concerns should be addressed seriously as states consider new science standards for public schools, an elected Kansas official said Tuesday during a preliminary discussion about the work on new guidelines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Will the issue crop up here in Florida? I bet you it will:<\/p>\n

Willard, a Hutchinson Republican, distributed a nine-page letter criticizing the draft multistate standards from the group Citizens for Objective Public Education Inc., which lists officers in Florida and Kansas<\/strong>. The letter suggested that the draft standards ignore evidence against evolution, don’t respect religious diversity and promote secular humanism, which precludes God or another supreme being in considering how the universe works.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I did a quick Internet search for Citizens for Objective Public Education Inc. and didn’t come up with anything. Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to find out what Florida connections this group has. Who are these Florida officers? We need to get to work on this right now so that we will be prepared for when it all hits the fan here. You can leave your findings in the comments here or contact me directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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