At yesterday’s monthly meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Education, board members heard an update about the review of academic standards in the areas of Science and Healthful…
In places, a progressive environmentalism infects the science standards.
Currently, North Carolina’s middle school health standards require educators to address various environmental problems. Likewise, environmentalism is a central component of state science standards for middle and high school students.…
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction will begin revising state health and science standards this year. Given the issues involved, public engagement is critical. To date, however, few citizens…
Last week, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved a request to begin drafting new science and healthful living standards for public schools. There is a lot at stake.…
Results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science assessment were released today. A nationally representative sample of fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-grade students took the test during the…
Results from the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) were released today. TIMSS measures mathematics and science performance of fourth- and eighth-grade students from as many as…
Results from the 2015 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Science Assessment were a mixed bag for North Carolina. Among fourth-grade students, the statewide average score in 2015 was higher…
So says David Wojick in a recent post at Judith Curry’s Climate etc. blog: As a Congressman, Rep. Markey was Chairman of the now defunct House Select Committee on Energy Independence…
While we’re on the subject of weird science, NASA apparently has not yet gotten the memo about gender identity. It hosted a program that earned a headline in the Hendersonville…
Today the National Center for Education Statistics released a new report, U.S. States in a Global Context: Results From the 2011 NAEP-TIMSS Linking Study. Researchers took state-level math and science…
North Carolina has adopted common standards for English language arts and mathematics. Could science be next? The Next Generation Science Standards propose common science standards. Of course, science is much…