{"id":307,"date":"2007-10-29T22:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-30T02:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=307"},"modified":"2008-08-05T19:34:22","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T23:34:22","slug":"crying-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=307","title":{"rendered":"Crying Wolf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the cheesy title. The Panda’s Thumb blog gives FCS president Joe Wolf a pat on the back<\/a> for his recent quotes in local newspapers about the science standards and evolution. On the other hand, Joe’s quotes attracted attention from the Discovery Institute’s own Robert Crowther. Not to worry, though; Crowther’s tirade is nothing but hot air, as ably shown by The Panda’s Thumb’s PvM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the cheesy title. The Panda’s Thumb blog gives FCS president Joe Wolf a pat on the back for his recent quotes in local newspapers about the science standards and evolution. On the other hand, Joe’s quotes attracted attention … 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":[9,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-4X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":294,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=294","url_meta":{"origin":307,"position":0},"title":"Teach the Wedge","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"October 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"(This is a crosspost with The Panda's Thumb by FCS board member Pete Dunkelberg.) In Florida, we have just finished writing new science standards for all grades of public schools. The standards are intended to be a core of fundamentals that will be taught and tested. I am commenting on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Our Science Standards"","block_context":{"text":"Our Science Standards","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":357,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=357","url_meta":{"origin":307,"position":1},"title":"Florida Baptist Witness is on the case","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"We learned of Florida Board of Education member Donna Callaway's dislike for sound science education, namely, her opposition to evolution being taught, in the Florida Baptist Witness last month. 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Pete is a Florida Citizens for Science board member. ------------------------ By now regular readers of The Panda's Thumb know that \"academic Freedom\" bills have been filed in the Florida legislature, and you know that the bills are Disco\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Our Science Standards"","block_context":{"text":"Our Science Standards","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":338,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=338","url_meta":{"origin":307,"position":3},"title":"Miami Herald article","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 8, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The Miami Herald jumps into the fray over evolution in the Florida public schools science standards. The reporter writes a comprehensive piece on what is going on, the history of attacks on evolution education, and interviews quite a few people to try to display everyone's views on the subject. 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I understand that evolution garners high interest, but the real story is that the standards are being improved\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Analysis\/Commentary"","block_context":{"text":"Analysis\/Commentary","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":293,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=293","url_meta":{"origin":307,"position":5},"title":"News article about draft science standards","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"October 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida Citizens for Science president, Joe Wolf, had an excellent quote in an Orlando Sentinel story this weekend about the new draft of the state science standards. He did a great job of playing down this \"controversy\" over evolution by putting it into realistic perspective. Thanks, Joe! 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