{"id":866,"date":"2009-01-16T18:16:28","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T23:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=866"},"modified":"2009-02-28T14:17:19","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T19:17:19","slug":"texas-teach-them-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=866","title":{"rendered":"Texas: Teach them science"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Center for Inquiry and the Clergy Letter Project joined forces to produce a nice website advocating for strong science education in Texas: Teach Them Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Take-Home Lessons
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Science is our children’s future.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Evolution is solid science.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The alleged weaknesses teach students to think unscientifically.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 You can accept evolution and believe in God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Center for Inquiry and the Clergy Letter Project joined forces to produce a nice website advocating for strong science education in Texas: Teach Them Science. Take-Home Lessons \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Science is our children’s future. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Evolution is solid science. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 … 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":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-dY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":732,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=732","url_meta":{"origin":866,"position":0},"title":"TX: All together now","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"September 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Texas scientists are standing in unison against antiscientific nonsense! 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