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What’s your grade?
The public comment period for the regulations governing the state’s new A-F system of grading schools and school systems is open through March 19th. Below are 2 excerpts taken from the regulations that could (will?) have profound affects on the … Continue reading
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Final Print Version of A Framework for K–12 Science Education Now Available
A Framework for K-12 Science Education—released online last summer and now available in print—describes the major practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas that all students should be familiar with by the end of high school, and it provides an … Continue reading
NSELA’s Professional Development Institute in Indianapolis
Blending Online and Onsite Professional Development: Applying What the Research Says for Effective and Sustainable Learning Communities Professional development administrators and experts charged with the design, implementation or evaluation of professional development should consider attending Blending Online and Onsite Professional … Continue reading
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A-F School Grading System Rules Open for Public Comment
Draft rules and a rule intent statement for the A-F School Grading System and several other administrative rules have been posted on the State Department of Education’s website, http://ok.gov/sde/education-law-book (under Implementation of a System of School Improvement and Accountability). The … Continue reading
A second Oklahoma bill attacks evolution and climate change
(from ncse.com) A bill in Oklahoma that would, if enacted, encourage teachers to present the “scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses” of “controversial” topics such as “biological evolution” and “global warming” is back from the dead. Entitled the “Scientific Education and … Continue reading
WHY SB 1742 WOULD BE HARMFUL TO OKLAHOMA
(Ed. note: This analysis is reprinted from the Oklahomans For Excellence in Science Education listserve. The OESE website is linked in the menu to the left. On the OESE website you can subscribe to their listserv as well as join this organization … Continue reading
Report: State Science-Education Standards Jeopardize U.S. Competitiveness
Washington, D.C. (January 31, 2012)— A major Thomas B. Fordham Institute report released today finds that the K-12 science standards of most states remain mediocre to awful, placing America’s national competitiveness, technological prowess and scientific leadership in grave jeopardy. Since … Continue reading
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Darwin Day 2012 Events in Oklahoma
Darwin Day Events at the University of Oklahoma Reconsidering Darwinian Ethics from the Origin of Species to the Descent of Man, a Darwin Day lecture by Dr. Piers J. Hale, FLS, History of Science, University of Oklahoma. The lecture will be … Continue reading
New at the Sam Noble Museum
There are NEW and exciting changes taking place in the Sam Noble Museum Education Department! We have just launched a NEW School Programs Website! Check it out at http://education.snomnh.ou.edu/schoolprograms. Be sure to let us know what you think by filling … Continue reading
What’s Your Grade (part 2)
In an earlier post I asked the question “What’s Your Grade”? in reference to what you think would be your school and school district grades under the newly developed A-F grading system recently released in draft form by the State … Continue reading →