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Now Any Florida Resident Can Challenge What Is Taught In Public Florida Schools (orlandosentinel.com)
New submitter zantafio shares a report from Orlando Sentinel: Any resident in Florida can now challenge what kids learn in public schools, thanks to a new law that science education advocates worry will make it harder to teach evolution and climate change. The legislation, which was signed by Gov. Rick Scott (R) last week and went into effect Saturday, requires school boards to hire an "unbiased hearing officer" who will handle complaints about instructional materials, such as movies, textbooks and novels, that are used in local schools. Any parent or county resident can file a complaint, regardless of whether they have a student in the school system. If the hearing officer deems the challenge justified, he or she can require schools to remove the material in question. The statute includes general guidelines about what counts as grounds for removal: belief that the material is "pornographic" or "is not suited to student needs and their ability to comprehend the material presented, or is inappropriate for the grade level and age group."
PhD in biochemistry here. Unguided evolution isn't something I believe in either. In fact, my thesis touched on intelligent design. Luckily, my supervisory committee had two Seventh Day Adventists on it.
Complain to get it removed. What is the reference supporting the claim that God created the Earth and creatures that live upon it? AFAIK, it's only one book.
And the bible is full of pornography. Easy to find examples.
I would think for sufficiently creative people with appropriate resources, this law could easily be turned around to cause all kinds of problems for it's proponents.
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That 35th world ranking for maths for the USA is now looking like nirvana.
US kids are going to end up with the IQ of an (intelligently designed) potato.
I now understand WHY Trump is going to bring back the manufacturing jobs, the average US school leaver will not be qualified to do anything else. All the jobs that will require smart people will be done in Asia, all the work that requires someone who knows which end of a shovel to hold will be in the USA. China and the USA are about to swap positions. And at the rate the US citizens are giving up their "freedom" because they are frightened of terrorists, that swap may come sooner than anyone realises.
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"leader of the free world"..... maybe last year, but not any more.
Merely mentioning religion or God doesn't make schools a "religious institution".
Why are you saying it does?
"generals running wars works" not always -- if President Truman had let Gen MacArthur run the Korean war the way the general wanted to, we would have been in a land and nuclear war on Chinese territory in the early 50's, back when the nuclear armed Soviets were still allies with China. As it was, MacArthur was the one who goaded China into that war in the first place.
If Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy had let Gen Curtis LeMay run the Cold War the way the general wanted to, we would have been in a nuclear war with the Soviet Union in the late 50's or early 60's.
And yet home schooled kids nearly always beat the pants off of public school kids performance wise (70-80th percentile, or 20-30% higher than public school), so what argument are you trying to make again? You might want to have knowledge of your topic before you post.
The biggest 2 problems with school teachers is that we over educate them and we can't fire them when they are bad. If we fixed those two things (allow HS graduates to teach grade school at least) and had parent review boards with the power to fire for under performing teachers, things would get a whole lot better in public schools.
If you disagree, please post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like