{"id":1923,"date":"2013-06-25T06:40:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T10:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2013-06-25T06:40:52","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T10:40:52","slug":"water-or-food-your-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1923","title":{"rendered":"Water or food? Your choice."},"content":{"rendered":"

FSU physics professor Paul Cottle is a serious activist for science education, which comes through in this article at NPR about Florida’s science standards: Why An Educator Is Worried Common Standards Might Squeeze Out Science<\/a>. Here’s a few quote.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The problem is that if you take those resources out of science and put them into reading and mathematics,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to make it more difficult for students to pursue careers in science and engineering and other STEM fields.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have to keep science in the center of our schools\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 programs,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Saying that reading and math is more important than science is like saying water is more important than food.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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FSU physics professor Paul Cottle is a serious activist for science education, which comes through in this article at NPR about Florida’s science standards: Why An Educator Is Worried Common Standards Might Squeeze Out Science. 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