Hey Floridians!
The DoE has fairly quietly initiated
a statewide public review of the Next Generation Science Standards. The
period will last until the end of this month. The first thing we are
asking each and every one of you to do is take some time to go to the
review site and participate.
I've followed the
development of the standards and they are good standards. These
standards support all the things you expect science to support while
provide excellent cross-cutting concepts to undercut the "I'll never use
this" mentality.
If you're a Floridian, parent or not,
teacher or not, this effects you. How and what students learn now
effects YOUR future. So please, take a minute to either A: Peruse the
standards and voice your opinion, or B: Yes, I'm ok with you taking my
very responsible word in vouching for them, and selecting any grade
level (I choose HS, of course) and clicking "Accept" under each of the
subheadings, and "Approve" at the bottom.
If YOU don't take an interest in children's education, someone else will.
Thank you.
The site to do so is: http://www.cpalms.org/standards/NGSS_Public_Opinion_Survey.aspx
If you'd like to become more familiar with the NGSS, you can check out their website: http://www.nextgenscience.org/.
You can also get a great overview of their purpose from this 6 minute video from BozemanBiology, a science teacher that posts student-friendly lectures on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9SrSBGDNfU
