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List now down to 7; Yecke made the cut
We are now down to seven people in the running for the Florida Education Commissioner job. The next step will be interviews with the candidates in mid-September. •William Harner, deputy of the chief executive office, school district of Philadelphia •Earl … Continue reading
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Best practice with an integrated curriculum?
Forget “teach the controversy.” That’s so old-school. Apparently, a new strategy is out concerning getting anti-evolution/creationism into the public school classroom. The following was passed along to the FCS membership from a teacher organization as a heads-up. If I understand … Continue reading
Update to current Yecke controversy
The following news release was submitted to Florida media. New Information Points to Dr. Yecke Trying to Revise History Dr. Cheri Pierson Yecke is apparently trying to revise history and has now been caught in the act. There is a … Continue reading
Yecke Information Challenged
— Updated: Story about Yecke in the St. Petersburg Times. — The following press release has been sent out to Florida media: Internet Company Tries to Sanitize Old Information about Yecke Dr. Cheri Pierson Yecke, K-12 chancellor for Florida’s Department of … Continue reading
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Balanced presentation policy?
The Alachua County School Board met recently and judging from this story, it was a fightin’ affair from start to finish. All sorts of people were irritated about all sorts of things. Near the end of the story is an … Continue reading
Posted in Alert, In the Classroom, In the News
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New Florida Commissioner of Education search
The search for Florida’s next Commissioner of Education is on. You can check up on the search status and who has applied here. The site only recently went up, so no applicants are listed yet. You can also see the … Continue reading
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Minnesota information relevant to Florida antievolution
Wesley Elsberry is looking for some Minnesota Department of Education information from 2003. Depending on what he digs up, he might find it to be connected to activity here in Florida today. Please help him out if you can.
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2007 science FCAT scores
Florida’s science FCAT scores were released today. For those who don’t know, the FCAT is the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test given annually to all Florida public school children in grades 3 through 11. The FCAT is supposed to measure what … Continue reading →