States have begun to take sides on the new Common Core science standards released last week. The standards shift students toward engineering, away from traditional biology, chemistry, and physics ...

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXEMPLAR 1: SEEDS OF SCIENCE/ROOTS OF READING Jacqueline Barber, Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California, Berkeley, shared her insights into developing Seeds of ...

The so-called Next Generation Science Standards, released Tuesday, offer school districts guidelines for establishing new science curricula. Drawn up by committees of education officials and advocacy ...

She said the department decided against using the Common Core science standards and she doesn’t expect further Common Core standards to be proposed for adoption in South Dakota. Common Core was ...

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 ...

For almost the past four decades, academic standards have been a defining focus of efforts to improve student achievement. The movement for high academic standards—determinations of what students ...