Good news

The Florida Board of Education passed new science standards.

More like this

At hearings on new science standards in Florida, bizarre misconceptions seem to be the rule: "I think they could be teaching a lie," Oscar Howard, superintendent of Taylor County Public Schools said of evolution. "There's not a place on me where they took the tail off." Unless he is suggesting that…
The Florida Board of Education passed new science standards on a 4-3 vote. The old standards got an F in a national survey by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, which noted errors like the claim that "a thermometer measures the amount of heat absorbed by an object," that "The classification of…
On Wednesday the Bay District School Board voted to sign a resolution saying it does not agree with the proposed science standards as they are currently written. The new proposed standards adjust language for life science that would move Florida schools into modern, 21st century thinking regarding…
The Taylor County school board has taken a big step: they've voted to oppose evolution: Whereas, the Florida Department of Education has drafted and is now proposing new Sunshine State Standards for Science, the Taylor County School Board opposes the implementation of the new standards as currently…