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March 13, 2011

Tampa Tribune: Legislator's challenge to evolution has some alarmed

by Elaine Silvestrini
The Tampa Tribune

As lawmakers wrestle with financial and policy challenges that could affect the quality of education in the state, one influential legislator also hopes to change the way evolution is taught in Florida's public schools.

Science education advocates are alarmed by a bill before the Legislature that they say could force teachers to challenge evolution at the expense of settled science.

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