TALLAHASSEE -- The state Board of Education voted 4-3 to write the teaching of evolution into the state's standards for teaching science to K-12 students -- but qualified its vote by adopting a proposal to add the words "scientific theory of" before the word "evolution." ...more

February 19, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - The State Board of Education is scheduled to vote today whether to place the words "scientific theory of" in front of the term "evolution" in proposed science standards. ...more

February 18, 2008

Florida presently stands on the brink of adopting science standards that call evolution "the fundamental concept underlying all of biology." ...more

February 18, 2008

On Tuesday, Florida's State Board of Education will adopt new standards pertaining to the teaching of science in our state's public schools. Most significantly, the new standards are expected to acknowledge that evolution is the fundamental concept underlying all of biology. ...more

February 18, 2008

SEBRING — Scientists, professors, parents and a student apparently convinced the members of the School Board of Highlands County that their individual beliefs should not collectively affect their decision as a board on the issue of teaching evolution. Board members had stated their opposition to a portion of the proposed new state science standards, which state that evolution is the fundamental concept underlying all of biology. The board members said recently that evolution should be taught as a theory, not as fact. At Tuesday's school board meeting, the board was scheduled to consider a resolution calling for the presentation of other theories of life in the study of science. ...more

February 7, 2008

SEBRING — With all five school board members believing evolution should not be taught as fact, the School Board of Highlands County on Tuesday will consider a resolution opposing the state's proposed new science standards stance on evolution. The proposed resolution states, "The board recognizes the importance of providing a thorough and comprehensive science education to all students in Highlands County, which the board believes should include the multiple theories regarding the origins of the universe and life on earth." ...more

February 3, 2008

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

In Saturday's Highlands Today, the editorial roundup "Debate Evolution, But Not In Science Class," the author suggested that Florida hasn't reached the 21st century with its state science standards. Suggesting that by not requiring the term "evolution" to be used in curriculum has deprived Florida's educational system of some vital material is foolishness at best. Finding a biology book which meets the present standards without the term "evolution" or its concept, will be very difficult. No one seems to know just what this new rule will do to enhance science education in Florida. ...more

January 15, 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

Kendall Coffey, the former U.S. attorney for South Florida known for high-profile cases and some controversy, is preparing the lawsuit for Florida Democrats against their national party in the squabble over the state's primary date. ...more

September 29, 2007