Nation’s top science teachers culling NGSS resources
(Va.) A team of expert instructors from all over the country are preparing to release soon an online gallery of educational resources that can be used to help teach new incoming science standards.
The subject virtuosos are each in the midst of tracking down various topic-area supports for teachers who will need to make significant changes in instruction based on the Next Generation Science Standards.
Once compiled, the resource collection will be included on an interactive NGSS website to be launched this spring by the National Science Teachers Association.
“There’s not much out there at the moment,” said Wisconsin’s Karen Mesmer, one of 55 K-12 science teachers selected by the NSTA to serve as a curator for the project. “The resources that we're finding may not all totally meet the new standards, but the website will be a place for teachers to look to find the best lessons that we have at the moment with suggestions on how to
Bill would open apprenticeship pathways
(Calif.) As schools across the state consider how they might use some of the $250 million set aside to provide link-learning programs, one lawmaker has proposed taking a share of that money to close a critical gap in the program – building apprenticeship opportunities.