Category Archives: Our Science Standards

Newspaper blog takes notice

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Brandon Haught

The Lakeland Ledger has been filling their pages with news about the Polk County School Board’s evolution heartburn quite a bit lately. The newspaper also has a blog, which saw fit to post about Wesley Elsberry’s recent open letter to … Continue reading →

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Polk County on alert

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Brandon Haught

I had posted before about a Polk County school board member, Kay Fields, who expressed an interest in intelligent design. Well, the situation just got a whole lot worse. The local newspaper there, the Lakeland Ledger, asked the other board … Continue reading →

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Latest news story

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Brandon Haught

TV station Bay News 9 ran a piece on the state science standards, choosing to make the story a dueling quotes war between FCS member Johnathan Smith and Polk County school board member Kay Fields. “To me, just showing evolution … Continue reading →

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Last night’s science standards meeting

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Brandon Haught

The Orlando Sentinel reports that several people attended last night’s meeting in Orlando about the new draft science standards with the objective of promoting intelligent design and complaining about evolution. But several people who spoke Thursday urged state Department of … Continue reading →

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A real head-scratcher

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Brandon Haught

A central Florida TV station has a short writeup on its website entitled Creationism Vs. Evolution. That headline is the first problem. It’s unfortunate that the media so often likes to present a so-called “balanced” story. Creationism is not going to … Continue reading →

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Polk County: School official wants intelligent design

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Brandon Haught

This just in from the Lakeland Ledger. A Polk County School Board member said Monday she wants the district to consider opposing proposed new science standards for Florida schools that would include specific mention of evolution for the first time. … Continue reading →

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So, how did the “town meeting” about science standards go?

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Brandon Haught

There was a meeting Wednesday evening to solicit comments in person about the new draft science standards. It was just a boring, ho-hum meeting, right? A real snooze-fest, right? No. Mark Hohmeister of the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper attended and reports … Continue reading →

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First public forum on standards tonight

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Brandon Haught

The first public forum where folks can comment in person on the new draft state science standards is tonight in Leon County: Public meeting on science standards Residents will be allowed to provide input from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today … Continue reading →

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