{"id":3169,"date":"2018-01-20T11:10:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T16:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2018-01-20T11:10:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T16:10:04","slug":"columns-about-science-in-florida-papers-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3169","title":{"rendered":"Columns about science in Florida papers this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Columns were published in two papers this week about science. The first is by Pensacola News Journal writer Troy Moon:\u00c2\u00a0Flat Earthers \u00e2\u20ac\u201d science deniers, trolls or just kind of, well, not that bright?<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of you wise folks might have thought the Flat Earth Theory went away once humans learned to walk and chew gum at the same time. But no, it seems society is in a bit of a de-evolution these days. We’re listening to celebrities and athletes for insight into science. Next, Katy Perry will probably persuade a segment of gullibles that the stars above are made out of candy glitter and Pop Rocks. And Snoop Dogg will push the theory that his specially marketed edibles will make the human nervous system less nervous and much more chill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The other piece is by me in the Orlando Sentinel:\u00c2\u00a0Attacks on science education intensify \u00e2\u20ac\u201d push back, Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Science education in Florida\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s public schools is facing an unprecedented assault that started last year and has the high potential to escalate this year. Evolution and climate change are the targets of a coordinated attack as detractors of these concepts seek to balance lessons with some forms of creationism or denial of human-caused climate change. […] science education in under unprecedented assault here in the Sunshine State. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important to stand up in support of sound science education. Will you stand with us?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Columns were published in two papers this week about science. The first is by Pensacola News Journal writer Troy Moon:\u00c2\u00a0Flat Earthers \u00e2\u20ac\u201d science deniers, trolls or just kind of, well, not that bright? 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On Tuesday, the state Board of Education will vote on new science standards that finally insist that Florida's students receive comprehensive biology instruction that includes evolution as its underlying concept. It is an economic imperative\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":2849,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2849","url_meta":{"origin":3169,"position":1},"title":"This is not “needless fretting”","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"July 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"An editorial was published in a few papers recently, including the Gainesville Sun, opining that Florida's new instructional materials law isn't something to get all worked up about:\u00c2\u00a0Needless fretting over textbook law. 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Enjoy.\u00c2\u00a0 The Battle for Evolution in Public Schools Scientists today and throughout history are no strangers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "beekay's college"","block_context":{"text":"beekay's college","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=8"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3027,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3027","url_meta":{"origin":3169,"position":3},"title":"Following up on Nassau County shenanigans","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I told you about the interesting conversation about evolution at a recent Nassau County School Board meeting a few days ago (Meanwhile, in Nassau County: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I thought evolution was a bunch of baloney\u00e2\u20ac\u009d). Now, the local weekly newspaper published a story about it: Science Education Discussed at NCSB. 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