{"id":302,"date":"2007-10-25T07:21:40","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T11:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=302"},"modified":"2008-08-05T19:39:51","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T23:39:51","slug":"orlando-sentinel-let-there-be-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Sentinel: Let there be light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Columnist Mike Thomas of the Orlando Sentinel writes in today’s paper that evolution is getting quite a bit of support<\/a> in the draft science standards.<\/p>\n

We are moving toward intelligently designed science curriculum in public schools.<\/p>\n

And by that I mean we are leaving intelligent design out of classrooms.<\/p>\n

By golly, Florida is evolving.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

The Department of Education published the new standards on its Web site Friday. You can check them out and even comment on them at etc.usf.edu\/flstandards\/index.html.<\/p>\n

Of 1,400 respondents to date, more than 80 percent support evolution.<\/p>\n

Tappen welcomes alternative views. But she says nothing will be deleted from the standards without research-backed arguments backing up the removal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Columnist Mike Thomas of the Orlando Sentinel writes in today’s paper that evolution is getting quite a bit of support in the draft science standards. We are moving toward intelligently designed science curriculum in public schools. 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