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The Orlando Sentinel blog School Zone posted about Seminole County apparently directing teachers to zip their lips<\/a> when it\u00c2\u00a0comes to talking with reporters about evolution. A follow up post<\/a> then reports that the superintendent has clarified the position, saying that teachers can talk to reporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Orlando Sentinel blog School Zone posted about Seminole County apparently directing teachers to zip their lips when it\u00c2\u00a0comes to talking with reporters about evolution. A follow up post then reports that the superintendent has clarified the position, saying that … 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":[3,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-6T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1312,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1312","url_meta":{"origin":427,"position":0},"title":"Evolution bill of 2011 dead?","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"May 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Tampa Tribune is listing all of the major bills that are essentially dead this legislative session. 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