KCCI Des Moines

Iowa Board of Education to consider revising K-12 science education standards

TIS THE SEASON. TODD. THANK YOU. NEW AT FOUR IOWA SCHOOLS. COULD SOON HAVE NEW STANDARDS FOR THEIR K THROUGH 12 SCIENCE CLASSES. THE REVISED STANDARDS GO BEFORE THE IOWA BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE ...
The Gazette

Iowa science standards return ‘climate change,’ ‘biological evolution’ terms after feedback

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Following vocal criticism of an initial revision to Iowa’s science education standards that stripped ...
The Gazette

New team forming for next phase of Iowa’s science standards review

Students observe the wavelength of light at which different compounds burn during a Sept. 19, 2024, science lab at the College Community School District’s Prairie Ninth Grade Center in Cedar Rapids.
ABC Kcrg 9

Educators outraged at climate change being removed from Iowa science standards proposal

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Proposed state science standards could remove the phrase ‘climate change’ and some mentions of evolution. The Iowa Department of Education held a public feedback meeting with ...
Iowa Public Radio

From 'evolution' to 'biological change,' Iowa science standards face controversial wording changes

Third grade teacher Tracey Broughton teaches students at Perry Creek Elementary School in Sioux City. Iowa’s current draft of its K-12 science standards, which include changing the word “evolution” to ...