Will Common Core Science Standards Embrace Standards of Scientific Practice?
First the good news. Some things are still free of controversy. A verb is still an action word. A noun describes a person, place or thing. The area of a rectangle = LxW. The mathematical order of operations remains PENDAS. Developing common core standards for math and language arts was made a little easier by the fact that so many things in these subjects are already commonly understood or accepted as absolute truths. Not so for history or science. Not by a long shot.
Hot Air reported that climate science is the most controversial subject in school. Developing Common Core standards for science may prove a lot more difficult for the consortia, IF they concern themselves with accuracy.
The influence of politics on science has been around for centuries (think Galileo and Darwin). Policy based on science seems like a good idea, until the science you base your far reaching policy on is proven wrong. This concern directs funding from government into science to guarantee that they will not be caught with their pants down in the future. This should provide a catch 22 for developing policy based on science. The political funding