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The Tampa Bay Times Gradebook Blog notes the tug o’ war <\/a>developing concerning the future of Florida’s science standards. Our very own Florida Citizens for Science vice president Jonathan Smith is quoted\u00c2\u00a0punching back against the suggestion that states hold off on adopting the national Next Generation Science Standards until Common Core adoption smoothes out first.<\/p>\n

“How long will this take, how many generations of students will we need to lose to science and technology for the sake of the Common Core?” Smith wondered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Tampa Bay Times Gradebook Blog notes the tug o’ war developing concerning the future of Florida’s science standards. Our very own Florida Citizens for Science vice president Jonathan Smith is quoted\u00c2\u00a0punching back against the suggestion that states hold off … 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-uE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1747,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1747","url_meta":{"origin":1900,"position":0},"title":"Science, Still Florida’s Red Headed Step Child?","author":"Jonathan Smith","date":"November 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, The Consortium of Florida Education Foundation,gathered for a regional session to focus on what businesses and industry leaders say they need in future workers and how the education system is changing to meet those needs. 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