Coming to a State Near You

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Research Article| September 01 2014 Coming to a State Near You Bob Melton Bob Melton 1Putnam City Schools, 5401 NW 40th, Oklahoma City, OK 73122 BMelton@putnamcityschools.org Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2014) 76 (7): 428–429. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2014.76.7.1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Bob Melton; Coming to a State Near You. The American Biology Teacher 1 September 2014; 76 (7): 428–429. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2014.76.7.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Recent events in Oklahoma have proved the fundamental truth of two aphorisms. First, that all politics is local; and second, that every education decision is a political decision. The good news is that the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science (OASS) were signed into state rules on June 19 by Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin. The process of developing the new standards had begun 18 months before, when a group of 60 Oklahoma educators, scientists, engineers, and citizens began a process to revamp standards as mandated by law. Using the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) as a starting point and basic framework, the committee spent more than a year modifying them to reach consensus on the content and design of the standards document. These modifications included removal of the word “evolution” and any reference to the mechanisms of global climate change. The process itself was very transparent: versions of the new OASS... You do not currently have access to this content.