{"id":1728,"date":"2012-11-07T21:44:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T01:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2012-11-08T15:37:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T19:37:03","slug":"scotts-open-door-to-creationism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1728","title":{"rendered":"Scott’s Open Door To Creationism?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Rick Scott’s newest ideas on how to streamline Florida’s education system<\/a> may well have inadvertently open the door for creationist material. Scott’s proposal\u00c2\u00a0would eliminate the textbook adoption requirement and \u00c2\u00a0allow local school district superintendents to choose their own material. This position would surely open the door to those who would have Intelligent Design\/Creationism smuggled into the science classroom.\u00c2\u00a0If this proposal is adopted,Florida Citizens for Science will monitor and protest publications that contain any such material.\u00c2\u00a0This is one more example, that not adopting the National Science Standards<\/a> is a major setback for science education in our state.<\/p>\n

Update. Leslie Postal at the Orlando Sentinel also has a take on this issue http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/news_education_edblog\/2012\/11\/easing-of-textbook-rules-an-open-door-for-creationism-in-schools-science-group-is-worried.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Hat tip to Paul Cottle at Bridge to Tomorrow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Rick Scott’s newest ideas on how to streamline Florida’s education system may well have inadvertently open the door for creationist material. Scott’s proposal\u00c2\u00a0would eliminate the textbook adoption requirement and \u00c2\u00a0allow local school district superintendents to choose their own material. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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-rS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1029,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1029","url_meta":{"origin":1728,"position":0},"title":"2009 FASS Conference","author":"Jonathan Smith","date":"May 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr Genie Scott the director of NCSE spoke with the Science Supervisors on April 7, 2009.\u00c2\u00a0 She did a really great job. 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