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First there was Pinellas County. And then there was Alachua County. Seriously. I can’t make this stuff up. Truck driver Jodi Wood is running for the second time after a campaign in 2010 to get elected to the School Board. … Continue reading →

Apparently, Florida’s education commissioner decided that Florida’s C rated science standards, with some tweaks, are just find and dandy. He thinks there is no need to adopt the national science standards like Florida did in other subjects. Bridge to Tomorrow … Continue reading →

Back in May, the State Board of Education talked for a few minutes about the state’s science standards woes. The science standards developed and approved in 2008 simply aren’t the best. I provided a lengthy summary of what the Board … Continue reading →

First up is an article in the Orlando Sentinel about the implementation of new teacher evaluations, Teachers: New evaluation system ‘artificial,’ ‘frustrating,’ ‘humiliating’. High-school chemistry teacher Steve Fannin was honored recently in Washington, D.C., as one of the nation’s best … Continue reading →

Kim Kendall was a significant voice against the teaching of sound science in 2008. She polished her growing activism skills on a determined fight against the teaching of evolution when the state science standards were being revised and approved. Failing … Continue reading →

Young earth creationists have been doing this for years and it’s still disgusting. Using the hook of “cool” dinosaurs to get kids to listen to and buy their fact-free stories is simply an egregious lie. Story: Dinosaurs coming to Jacksonville … Continue reading →

The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church at a meeting last month issued a resolution that doesn’t mention evolution but is clearly all about evolution. 1) We affirm that Adam and Eve were special, unique direct creations of God, created in His … Continue reading →

There is a good summary update over at Bridge to Tomorrow about our science standards “clarification” process. The exercise used the word “clarification” because making “revisions” would have triggered a new round of public comment and perhaps another emotional debate … Continue reading →