{"id":2061,"date":"2014-03-24T08:39:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T12:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2014-06-22T17:05:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T21:05:13","slug":"textbook-controversy-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2061","title":{"rendered":"Textbook controversy article"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was quoted in an article published today about the bill in the state legislature that purposes to change the way textbooks are selected here in Florida: Volusia textbook controversy prompts legislation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My quote about conservative school boards reads harsher than I had intended. I was explaining to the reporter how some conservative school boards had formally protested evolution’s prominence in the new state science standards back in 2008. I wanted the reporter to understand the background that led to today’s concerns. Unfortunately, none of that background was mentioned in the story, leaving my quote standing alone without context. That could then lead readers into a false impression of my meaning. I can’t complain about being misquoted because that is what I said, and it’s a true sentiment. But readers might not understand where I’m coming from and just chalk my argument up to partisan politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was quoted in an article published today about the bill in the state legislature that purposes to change the way textbooks are selected here in Florida: Volusia textbook controversy prompts legislation. My quote about conservative school boards reads harsher … 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-xf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2019,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2019","url_meta":{"origin":2061,"position":0},"title":"Details emerge about textbook bill","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As I've noted before, there is a bill in the state legislature that proposes to turn review and selection of all public school textbooks over to local school districts, removing state-level government from the process completely. 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That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the main argument proposed by a few citizens in Martin County who testified before a hearing officer\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 3 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 3 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3284#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1331,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1331","url_meta":{"origin":2061,"position":4},"title":"Another textbook selection process article","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"May 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"There is another article today about the proposed radical changes to the state's textbook selection process. 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