Florida State University professor Paul Cottle is working his rear end off on behalf of improving science education here in Florida. He has a new My View article printed today in the Tallahassee Democrat. Paul says that HB61 currently filed in advance of the next legislative session is just too weak.
Florida House Republican and speaker hopeful Erik Fresen of Miami has filed a bill for next spring’s legislative session that is being touted as a way to raise standards for high-school graduation. But in science, Fresen’s bill would leave Florida behind Georgia, Alabama and even Mississippi.
We have a great conversation going about this at my blog, which was mentioned recently here. The Policy Director of the James Madison Institute, a think tank in Tallahassee (I don’t think he would mind if I mentioned it is conservative) wrote a nice response to me this morning, and I posted it. Then I’ve received two thoughtful comments to that post.
I finally got around to adding a link to your blog “Bridge to Tomorrow” under the “science blogs” category over there in the sidebar.