{"id":2108,"date":"2014-04-19T09:44:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T13:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2014-04-19T09:44:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T13:44:30","slug":"teaching-children-that-science-is-corrupt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2108","title":{"rendered":"Teaching children that science is corrupt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eileen Roy, an Alachua County School Board member, wrote an op-ed for the Gainesville Sun<\/a> arguing against using state tax money to fund vouchers that go to bad science classes in some religious schools.<\/p>\n

It is an irony that the mantra in Tallahassee is that we want our students to be educated in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) courses and to be prepared to compete in the global economy. Teaching children that science is corrupt is no way to equip them for the modern world and will cause them and society future harm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How about we send Ms. Roy some messages of support<\/a> for helping bring this issue to the public’s attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eileen Roy, an Alachua County School Board member, wrote an op-ed for the Gainesville Sun arguing against using state tax money to fund vouchers that go to bad science classes in some religious schools. 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