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Over the past week, my social media feeds have filled up with posts about Florida’s proposed B.E.S.T. Standards for Science, and several people have tagged me and asked what I think. Most of those posts link to news coverage that focuses on what the draft leaves out. Central Florida Public Media reported that the proposal sidelines evolution and climate change. The Orlando Sentinel described parents and teachers who are “gobsmacked” by the changes, and the Sun Sentinel quoted

A district science coordinator sent me this question last month: “We’ve had teachers attend ADI workshops before, and they loved them. Now someone has suggested we send a few people to a Facilitator Institute instead. What is actually different? Isn’t it just a longer workshop?” It is not a longer workshop. The two experiences share a lot of surface features, since both put participants inside an ADI investigation, both move through the seven stages, and both involve plenty o

A curriculum director asked me this question after her district’s science coordinator took a job in another state: “She was the one who brought ADI to us. She ran the trainings, answered every question, and kept the materials stocked. Now she’s gone, and I can already feel things slipping. How do we keep this going?” I have seen this happen in a lot of districts, and I want to start by saying that the champion did nothing wrong. Most new initiatives need one person with the e