To: Commissioner Gerard Robinson, Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee
Dear Commissioner Robinson:
We are writing to urge you to have Florida join the twenty-six states already listed as "lead state partners" with Achieve in writing the nation's Next Generation Science Standards. Joining the other partners will demonstrate Florida's commitment to leadership in K-12 science education both to the nation and to the state's internal constituencies, including parents, educators and policy-makers.
Florida has already adopted the new Common Core Standards in language arts and mathematics, so a failure to join in the corresponding effort in science will signal a lack of commitment to providing our students with the best opportunities to pursue careers in STEM fields and achieve the scientific literacy necessary to act as fully informed citizens.
Our state has already failed to fully implement the state science standards approved in 2008 at the high school level, and Florida's lowly 50th place ranking on the science section of the ACT test demonstrates the price of this neglect. Pending legislation could erode high school science even further.
Florida cannot afford to place the futures of the state's children and economy at risk by permanently relegating itself to the bottom half of the nation in science.
Feel free to call on us to advance your efforts to improve science education in our state. Sincerely,
Updates
January 29, 2012
I really did not think this would gain so much traction when I started typing it out in the middle of the night but wow we are actually moving somewhere now (my coffee is cold and my brain is buzzing). It feels like people are finally waking up to the fact that we cannot stay at the bottom of the rankings forever so let us keep pushing until Tallahassee actually notices.
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Too many bad decisions in this state education wise. Just do it already.
My daughter is constantly complaining about how behind her science books feel compared to other states. We need to catch up fast its pathetic where we rank.
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To: Commissioner Gerard Robinson, Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee
Dear Commissioner Robinson:
We are writing to urge you to have Florida join the twenty-six states already listed as "lead state partners" with Achieve in writing the nation's Next Generation Science Standards. Joining the other partners will demonstrate Florida's commitment to leadership in K-12 science education both to the nation and to the state's internal constituencies, including parents, educators and policy-makers.
Florida has already adopted the new Common Core Standards in language arts and mathematics, so a failure to join in the corresponding effort in science will signal a lack of commitment to providing our students with the best opportunities to pursue careers in STEM fields and achieve the scientific literacy necessary to act as fully informed citizens.
Our state has already failed to fully implement the state science standards approved in 2008 at the high school level, and Florida's lowly 50th place ranking on the science section of the ACT test demonstrates the price of this neglect. Pending legislation could erode high school science even further.
Florida cannot afford to place the futures of the state's children and economy at risk by permanently relegating itself to the bottom half of the nation in science.
Feel free to call on us to advance your efforts to improve science education in our state. Sincerely,
Updates
January 29, 2012
I really did not think this would gain so much traction when I started typing it out in the middle of the night but wow we are actually moving somewhere now (my coffee is cold and my brain is buzzing). It feels like people are finally waking up to the fact that we cannot stay at the bottom of the rankings forever so let us keep pushing until Tallahassee actually notices.
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SCIENCE IS NOT OPTIONAL. Fix this mess or our kids wont be able to compete for any real jobs later.
Too many bad decisions in this state education wise. Just do it already.
My daughter is constantly complaining about how behind her science books feel compared to other states. We need to catch up fast its pathetic where we rank.
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SCIENCE IS NOT OPTIONAL. Fix this mess or our kids wont be able to compete for any real jobs later.