{"id":795,"date":"2008-11-19T20:40:18","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T00:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=795"},"modified":"2008-12-29T21:47:34","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T02:47:34","slug":"texas-science-standards-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=795","title":{"rendered":"Texas science standards hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a live, first person account<\/a> of Texas science standards hearings going on today. I’m not sure, but I believe more updates will be posted today.<\/p>\n

Actually, here is another one<\/a> that looks like it’s a bit more current.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a live, first person account of Texas science standards hearings going on today. I’m not sure, but I believe more updates will be posted today. Actually, here is another one that looks like it’s a bit more current.<\/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":[28],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-cP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":747,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=747","url_meta":{"origin":795,"position":0},"title":"A mess in Texas","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"October 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In case you haven't heard, Texas science education is taking a beating. 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