{"id":2049,"date":"2014-03-19T17:57:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T21:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2014-06-22T17:05:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T21:05:53","slug":"op-ed-in-tampa-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2049","title":{"rendered":"Op-ed in Tampa Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tampa Bay Times is running an op-ed I submitted: Science shortfall at voucher schools<\/a>. It’s online now and will be in tomorrow’s print edition.<\/p>\n

“… the argument that parents will hold private schools accountable by walking away from substandard ones rings hollow. It’s heartbreaking when parents purposely want what is in reality a distorted funhouse mirror version of science education. That’s a travesty for the students.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know how active the reader comments get there, but I invite you to keep an eye on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Tampa Bay Times is running an op-ed I submitted: Science shortfall at voucher schools. It’s online now and will be in tomorrow’s print edition. “… the argument that parents will hold private schools accountable by walking away from substandard … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-x3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2057,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2057","url_meta":{"origin":2049,"position":0},"title":"Supportive letter to the editor","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"March 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's nice to see a supportive letter to the editor (following up on my column in the Tampa Bay Times). 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