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Climate Change and School Science Standards

Classrooms have emerged as a new front in the increasingly contentious debate over the causes and implications of climate change. In 2014, two Oklahoma state senators attempted to repeal a set of ...
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Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States

Suggested Citation: "APPENDIX H: Understanding the Scientific Enterprise: The Nature of Science in the Next Generation Science Standards." National Research Council. 2013. Next Generation Science ...
Colorado Public Radio

In Colorado, ‘students are ready to take action around climate, and it’s the rest of us that need to follow along’

Students from across Colorado are watching closely to see if Colorado’s state board of education Thursday adopts science standards that clarify the link between burning fossil fuels and rising global ...
Los Angeles Times

Next Generation Science Standards bring shift to Foothill’s curriculum

In the last few years, Foothill’s curriculum was faced with immense changes as new Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were implemented. The Common Core standards have been ...
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OSDE Proposes New Science Standards To Enhance Workforce Readiness

The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) has unveiled updated Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science (OAS-S) and is seeking public comment through Jan. 21. The proposed standards aim to ...