Category Archives: Textbooks

Creationism has become a possible minor issue here in Florida recently as instructional materials committees conduct a scheduled review of materials and recommend new textbooks for the state’s classrooms. A book meant for marine science classes contained some unusual language … Continue reading →

The Tampa Tribune, specifically Hernando Today, has a story out this morning about an evolution lesson that had apparently gone awry. The story is a bit confusing, though. The problem didn’t actually involve evolution, but rather some mentions of religion. … Continue reading →

Florida Citizens for Science was under a time crunch to get a letter out to the Brevard County school board about science textbook selections. The letter could have benefitted from another round or two of rewrites, but ya gotta do … Continue reading →

Joe Wolf, president of Florida Citizens for Science, sent the following letter to Brevard County school board members today in reference to yesterday’s post: Dear (name of School Board Member), It has recently come to my attention that one of … Continue reading →

Folks in Brevard County need keep an eye on this textbook issue. It’s not a done deal yet as school board member Amy Kneessy makes clear. Textbook debate still evolving Brevard County School Board member Amy Kneessy wants the school … Continue reading →

Intelligent choices Brevard School Board should toss aside textbooks that undermine scientific learning Here’s a good editorial that gives me hope that there are, in fact, voices of reason out there. There’s no debate in legitimate scientific circles that evolution … Continue reading →

Pinellas textbooks won’t mention intelligent design Pinellas County biology students will find no mention of intelligent design in their new science textbooks next fall. With four biology books to choose from – one of which included a description of the … Continue reading →

Teachers Opt For Texts Without Intelligent Design Don’t go looking for any mention of intelligent design in high school biology textbooks in Hillsborough County. When science teachers voted to adopt new textbooks last week, they could have chosen a book … Continue reading →