SEBRING — Four of five members of the School Board of Highlands County oppose the proposed change in the state's science standards that would present evolution as fact to students. Some school board members across the state have opposed the proposed revisions to the science curriculum that specifies that evolution be taught as "fact" as opposed to a "theory," School Board Attorney John McClure said at a recent school board meeting. Would the board consider a resolution opposing the proposed change in the Sunshine State Standards that would present evolution as fact? he asked. "I would for one," would support such a resolution, School Board Member Richard Norris said. ...more

January 25, 2008

Americans interested in science education have long supported teaching evolution in schools, yet Florida's science standards do not even mention "the e-word." We hope that's about to change. ...more

December 27, 2007

SEBRING — The Thomas B. Fordham Institute's study cited the following error in the current standards: a second-grader, for example, "... knows that a thermometer measures the amount of heat absorbed by an object." This is careless and false, the study stated: a thermometer measures temperature, or better, changes in temperature, not the amount of heat absorbed. ...more

December 16, 2007

State education leaders wouldn't discuss controversial proposed science standards for Florida public schools at a meeting Tuesday, even after a group of parents drove 200 miles to Tampa to give input. ...more

December 12, 2007

It may come as a surprise to many people, but science standards for Florida public schools do not mention evolution. Fortunately, that's about to change. ...more

October 26, 2007