State Sen Steve Wise, R-Jacksonville has quietly filed legislation that would change the way Florida schools teach Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. And though it has yet to have its first hearing, the bill has the science community is up in arms. ...more

March 27, 2009

Students have a ways to go based on recent FCAT scores, but a renewed focus in that area is encouraging. ...more

March 5, 2009

new science standards approved a year ago by the state Board of Education promote a hands-on approach that appears to be winning nods of approval from many teachers. ...more

March 3, 2009

Peering into a microscope, Sebring High School sophomore Lauren Robinson spotted the outline of the double-helix DNA molecule from strawberry. ...more

December 16, 2008

As a youngster, Frank Gibbs believed he would be content with a life on the farm, but his parent's priorities changed and he pursued education, which offered many opportunities for the Hardee County native. ...more

December 13, 2008

Florida students have misconceptions about science, and they need more practice demonstrating its concepts and relating them to the real world, according to an analysis of the state's standardized test. ...more

September 24, 2008

The state Board of Education voted Tuesday to add evolution to Florida's standards for teaching science to K-12 students, but defined it as a "scientific theory," a compromise that did little to appease opponents of the plan. ...more

February 20, 2008

Theory Lacks Facts In the pro-evolution article "Discovering Darwin" (Nation/World, Feb. 11), Darwinism is presented as scientific fact. However, one must ask, is Darwinism proven? ...more

February 20, 2008

Starting next year, science students will learn about the theory of evolution in their classrooms. ...more

February 19, 2008

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