{"id":357,"date":"2007-12-19T18:54:42","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T22:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=357"},"modified":"2008-08-05T20:26:56","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T00:26:56","slug":"florida-baptist-witness-is-on-the-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"Florida Baptist Witness is on the case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>. It looks to me like the publication is rallying the flock to turn up the pressure with their latest story on the subject<\/a>. There’s not much new in the story, but one worrying aspect is that the editor apparently had a conversation with the Board’s chairman, Willard Fair<\/a>. Fair is quoted a few times in the story, but doesn’t come out and say anything to take a side for or against the new draft of the state science standards that include evolution prominently. However, he is in the story, and talks in a positive way about Callaway. Is that a bad sign, or am I reading too much into the quotes?<\/p>\n

The story focuses on parent activists working hard against the teaching of evolution. We need to work harder. Don’t forget our All I Want for Christmas is a Good Science Education<\/a> campaign. And there are still two more public meetings<\/a> concerning the draft science standards. Consider attending one and being heard!<\/p>\n

January 3, 2008, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
\nThe Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership<\/p>\n

Schultz Center<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n