{"id":349,"date":"2007-12-12T22:55:42","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T02:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=349"},"modified":"2008-08-05T20:30:30","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T00:30:30","slug":"evolution-its-on-the-test-someone-should-tell-the-school-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Evolution: it’s on the test. Someone should tell the school board members!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Northwest Florida Daily News published a story about evolution<\/a> in the new draft of the state science standards. (Make sure to click through all three pages of it.) There are a lot of positive, reasonable quotes in the story, such as:<\/p>\n

Evolution is already tested on the ACT and many college entrance exams, explained Mary Jane Tappen, Florida Department of Education executive director of math and science.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Certainly, Florida students would be at a disadvantage if we decided not to include the theory of evolution in our standards,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tappen said.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been proven that things change over time. It is science and things do change,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Lisa Rogers, a Niceville High School biology teacher.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our charge is to write first-class science standards; our students would be at a disadvantage if we did anything less than that,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tappen said.<\/p>\n

Since Okaloosa teachers have always handled the topic \u00e2\u20ac\u0153beautifully,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hagan said this should the least of parents\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 concerns.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have far more serious issues with our kids than evolution,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Comments made by a few students were muddled. I’m not clear on what the students were trying to say, and I would be interested in knowing what question they were asked.<\/p>\n

Oh, and guess what? It just wouldn’t be a story about evolution without yet another person in charge of education demonstrating how little they know about the subject.<\/p>\n

School board member Cathy Thigpen hopes the state board will not endorse the proposed changes.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153If it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to be mandated, then the state needs to think about all of the other forms of creation that need to be taught in order to give students a balance,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Northwest Florida Daily News published a story about evolution in the new draft of the state science standards. (Make sure to click through all three pages of it.) 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