Education Week – Liana Heitin
“With much support from educators, Arkansas has joined 13 states and the District of Columbia in adopting the Next Generation Science Standards. The state board voted unanimously June 11 to adopt the K-8 portion of the science standards with some Arkansas-specific additions and clarifications…Prior to the adoption, the education department conducted several surveys of teachers and administrators and reached out for public comments on the draft. “Every time, over 80 percent of the field was very accepting of the standards, the process, and using the Next Generation Science Standards for the Arkansas science standards,” said Michele Snyder, a science specialist at the Arkansas education department.”(more)