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Grand Island Public Schools board adopts 2024 Nebraska science standards for K-12
Summary
The Board of Education voted Thursday to adopt the Nebraska Career and College Ready Science Standards (2024), following a presentation from district curriculum coordinators on the standards' structure and classroom implementation.
The Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education voted Sept. 11 to adopt the 2024 Nebraska Career and College Ready Science Standards for all K-12 classrooms in the district.
District curriculum coordinator Kim Ybor presented the standards to the board, explaining that Nebraska’s update draws on the Next Generation Science Standards and organizes expectations into three integrated components: science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts. "They make a performance expectation. They're woven into one performance expectation that students are asked to demonstrate by doing science," Ybor said during the presentation.
The presentation…
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