{"id":621,"date":"2008-06-25T18:14:56","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T22:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=621"},"modified":"2008-08-07T09:54:32","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T13:54:32","slug":"callaway-leaves-board-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=621","title":{"rendered":"Callaway leaves Board of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are few other subjects that I know of that can rocket a state board of education (or local school board) member into the headlines like evolution. Such was the case with Donna Callaway. I&#8217;m not sure if she was all that well known before the issue of evolution in the new state science standards caught fire, but her vocal opposition to this single science subject gave her an explosive fifteen minutes of fame.<\/p>\n<p>News reports say that she is now stepping down from her post.<\/p>\n<p>School Zone <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/news_education_edblog\/2008\/06\/foe-of-floridas.html\">blog post<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The Gradebook <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tampabay.com\/schools\/2008\/06\/sboe-member-don.html\">blog post<\/a>. Dept. of Education <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/news\/2008\/2008_06_25-2.asp\">release one<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/news\/2008\/2008_06_25.asp\">release two<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are few other subjects that I know of that can rocket a state board of education (or local school board) member into the headlines like evolution. Such was the case with Donna Callaway. I&#8217;m not sure if she was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=621\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-a1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":377,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=377","url_meta":{"origin":621,"position":0},"title":"Early report on the Miramar meeting","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"An Associated Press article on tonight's meeting in Miramar about the new draft of the state science standards is already up on the Florida Times-Union website. The story does not give an overall impression of attendance or how many people spoke and such. The focus was mainly on just two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Alert&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Alert","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":335,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=335","url_meta":{"origin":621,"position":1},"title":"Callaway and meetings get brief notices","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida Board of Education member Donna Callaway gets a brief story about her opposition to the new draft science standards in the St. Petersburg Times today. (We already commented on this issue in a post Nov. 30.) State Board of Education member Donna Callaway said she will vote against the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;In the News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"In the News","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":331,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=331","url_meta":{"origin":621,"position":2},"title":"We know what one vote will be now &#8230;","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"November 30, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Before I begin, let me give a brief recap of what's going on for anyone just joining us. Florida's state science standards for public schools is currently going through a revision process. The current standards are a miserable mess, having been given a grade of F by the Fordham Institute.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Alert&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Alert","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":386,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=386","url_meta":{"origin":621,"position":3},"title":"Dixie County?","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dixie County Advocate's website is painful to navigate. But if you have the patience, you can venture to the Dec. 20 issue and see a column on page 12 written by Dixie County School Superintendent, Dennis Bennett. The State is in the process of developing and approving changes to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Our Science Standards&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Our Science Standards","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":342,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=342","url_meta":{"origin":621,"position":4},"title":"New education commissioner stays mum","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida has a new education commissioner, Eric J. Smith. The St. Petersburg Times interviewd him and slipped in a question about the controversy over the new draft science standards. Smith essentially avoided the question, which is not a good sign. Perhaps he just doesn't want to make waves before he's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;In the News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"In the News","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":479,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=479","url_meta":{"origin":621,"position":5},"title":"Florida won!","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida won! Science education won! Teachers, students, Florida\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future economy, etc. all won! No, it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a clean victory, but it was a victory nonetheless. On a vote of 4 to 3 the new state science standards passed, with modifications. 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