{"id":5450,"date":"2016-07-28T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=5450"},"modified":"2016-07-26T00:04:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T05:04:00","slug":"tbt-teaching-genetics-in-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=5450","title":{"rendered":"TBT: Teaching Genetics in the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note: Though not planned this way, let&#8217;s make it two in a row for Eric Kessler. He originally posted this in July 2012. With many of us starting to plan for the next school year, now is the perfect time for an article like Dr. Redfield&#8217;s. You may not agree with everything therein, but it is definitely thought-provoking. 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