http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WYOMING_SCIENCE?SITE=MYPSP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-05-08-15-11-30 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Wyoming, the nation's top coal-producing state, is the first to reject new K-12 science standards proposed by national education groups mainly because of global warming components.
The Wyoming Board of Education decided recently that the Next Generation Science Standards need more review after questions were raised about the treatment of man-made global warming.
Board President Ron Micheli said the review will look into whether "we can't get some standards that are Wyoming standards and standards we all can be proud of."
Others see the decision as a blow to science education in Wyoming.
"The science standards are acknowledged to be the best to prepare our kids for the future, and they are evidence based, peer reviewed, etc. Why would we want anything less for Wyoming?" Marguerite Herman, a proponent of the standards, said.
