{"id":942,"date":"2009-03-10T17:45:07","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T22:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=942"},"modified":"2009-04-30T20:02:23","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T00:02:23","slug":"martinez-still-on-state-board-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=942","title":{"rendered":"Martinez still on state board of education"},"content":{"rendered":"

A press release issued today from the governor’s office says that Roberto Martinez has been reappointed to the state board of education<\/a>. Good news. Martinez was a refreshing voice of reason on the board when the new science standards, which included evolution as a “big idea,” were up for approval last year. Congratulations to Martinez!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A press release issued today from the governor’s office says that Roberto Martinez has been reappointed to the state board of education. Good news. Martinez was a refreshing voice of reason on the board when the new science standards, which … 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-fc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":816,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=816","url_meta":{"origin":942,"position":0},"title":"New state board of education member","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"An annoucement from the governor's office says that a new member has been appointed to the state board of education. 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