Sen. Wise plans to introduce an intelligent design bill
The Florida Times-Union reports that Sen. Wise plans to introduce the bill on the controversial topic this spring. "Amid much controversy a year ago, the Florida Board of Education approved new...
View ArticleBill would require “critical analysis” of evolution (critics fear another...
State Sen. Stephen Wise, R-Jacksonville, has filed a bill (SB 2396) that would add "critical analysis of the scientific theory of evolution" to the list of things Florida students must be taught. His...
View ArticleFlorida scientists say Wise not smart to push ‘intelligent design’ in schools
The Florida Academy of Sciences, headquartered right here in our fair city, has come out today against proposed changes in state law that would require schools to question the theory of evolution. The...
View ArticleFlorida gets A on new review of state science standards, tackling evolution...
The National Center for Science Education (motto: Defending the Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools) has given Florida an A on a new review of school science standards. Those who followed the...
View ArticleScientists question validity of Florida vouchers
A group of activist science educators have chimed in on my story today (read it here) on the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship. The Florida Citizens for Science blog, here’s the link, asks “should state...
View ArticleMarine-science book will lose passages that prompted criticism
As we reported last week, a marine sciences textbook proposed for Florida high schools has prompted questions, concerns and condemnation because two pages contained what critics called pro-creationism...
View ArticleScientists worry about “antievolution” bill filed in Florida Senate
A bill filed in the Florida Senate would require a “critical analysis of the scientific theory of evolution,” and some scientists fear it will open the doors for another heated evolution debate in...
View ArticleFlorida Academy of Sciences opposes “critical analysis” of evolution bill
The Florida Academy of Sciences has made public its opposition to the Senate bill that says Florida students need a “critical analysis of the scientific theory of evolution.” The academy, which voted...
View ArticleTeaching evolution: Florida science standards get thumbs up
A biologist reviewing science education standards in all 50 states has gone through 35, so far, and found one state’s requirements really stand out when it comes to teaching evolution — Florida’s....
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More monkey business in Tennesee schools?
Evolution debate on tap again for Tennessee? Up in Tennessee they just can’t leave it alone. “It” being the state’s trademark association with a debate over how man came to be – evolution or creation....
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