In a recent article in Scientific American, it was suggested that the U.S. should adopt higher standards in science, and that all 50 states should adopt them. When you check the literature on science standards, the main reason for aiming for higher standards (raising...
Fordham Institute has published their review of the draft of the Next Generation Science Standards. Achieve wrote the the new science standards. Achieve also wrote the math and reading/language arts common core standards. Unchanging fealty to a conservative agenda...
Should all U.S. students meet a single set of K-12 education standards? In a democracy should all students be held to the same standards? This was the question that Chester E. Finn Jr., president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Jay Greene,...
The Next Generation Science Standards came online last week, and some of us have read and explored Achieve's website. It's a massive site, so much so that there is a video on how to use the website. What are people saying about the new standards? Do they like what...
Are Next Generation Science Standards a Brick Wall or a Bridge to Learning? After a review of the new standards, one has to wonder. Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture, suggested that brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us...
As you know the first public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are online and you have until June 1, 2012 to read and provide comments on the NGSS. I've decided to participate in the survey, and use this post to share with you some aspects of the...
