CITIZEN OPPOSITION DIDN’T KEEP THE STATE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FROM ADOPTING THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS. THEY WERE ADOPTED IN THEIR ENTIRETY WEDNESDAY . AND THEY DO NOT CONTAIN ANY OF THE CHANGES PROPOSED BY THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH.
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS PED SECRETARY DESIGNATE CHRISTOPHER RUSZKOWSKI MADE THE DECISION, EVEN THOUGH HE SAID LAST WEEK HE’D REINSTATE THE ORIGINAL WORDING FOR EVOLUTION, GLOBAL WARNING AND THE EARTH’S AGE … THE THREE SUBJECTS WHOSE REVISIONS TRIGGERED THE OPPOSITION. RUSZKOWSKI ALSO SAYS THE PUBLIC DEBATE HAD BECOME A DISTRACTION TO IMPLEMENTING THE STANDARDS.
