{"id":2104,"date":"2014-04-18T12:04:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T16:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2014-04-18T12:04:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T16:04:25","slug":"florida-teacher-reprimanded-for-teaching-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2104","title":{"rendered":"Florida teacher reprimanded for teaching evolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Dawkins recently visited Iowa and this story relates why he was there and what he said<\/a>. One thing stood out to me, this quote:<\/p>\n

“Calling it a scandal, he noted a Florida biology teacher was reprimanded by her superior for teaching evolution, after a parent complained.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Can anyone help me with that. When and where did this reprimand happen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Dawkins recently visited Iowa and this story relates why he was there and what he said. One thing stood out to me, this quote: “Calling it a scandal, he noted a Florida biology teacher was reprimanded by her superior … 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-xW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":526,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=526","url_meta":{"origin":2104,"position":0},"title":"Are the fish biting?","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"We've been aware that those in support of the creationism bills (so-called \"academic freedom\" bills) have been fishing for Florida teachers who feel they've been persecuted in some way for teaching information contrary to evolution. 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