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Lawmakers advance academic standards

  • 09-02-2011
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Heading into the final week of the session, the Legislature has sent bills to Gov. Brown that would revise state science standards and build a bridge to the approaching Common Core with instructional materials, curricula and professional development. California will revise K-12 science standards for the first time since they were adopted 13 years ago, a light year in a fast-changing world. The Assembly passed yesterday and forwarded to Gov. Brown SB 300, which will authorize Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson to appoint a committee of experts, including elementary and secondary science teachers, school administrators, and university professors. (more...)

 

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