NGSS (Update)

Science, Education, and Business Communities Widely Endorse the Next Generation Science Standards Since the development and release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), leaders in science, K-12 education, higher education, business, technology, and research have voiced their support for the NGSS as a high-quality set of K-12 science standards that will better prepare students for college and careers. This growing coalition of individuals and organizations from many states represents experts with deep, demonstrated knowledge and experience in the field, including several Nobel Laureates.  To date, the following groups and individuals have expressed support for states' adoption and implementation of the NGSS as a way to improve science education across the country: State Boards of Education (voted to adopt) Kansas Kentucky Rhode Island Scientific and Education Organizations    American Chemical Society American Meteorological Society American Physical Society American Society of Plant Biologists Association of Presidential Awardees in Science Teaching Association of Public and Land Grant Universities National Association of Gifted Children National Science Teachers Association Notable Scientists and Academics Bruce Alberts, Stanford University / Past President, National Academy of Sciences Andy Anderson, Michigan State University Wolfgang Bauer, Michigan State University Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University James Paul Holloway, University of Michigan Jonathan Osborne, Stanford University Helen Quinn, Stanford University Carl Wieman, Stanford University / Nobel Laureate Businesses Autodesk, Inc. Battelle Memorial Institute Bay Area Council Baybio Baybio Institute Bayer Corporation Broadcom Burroughs Wellcome Fund Business-Higher Education Forum Carolina Biological Supply Company CA Technologies Causecast Celgene Chevron CISCO Systems Comcast Corning, Inc. Dell Inc. DuPont Eaton Eli Lilly E-Line Media EMC2 Epic Games Hitachi High Technologies America IBM Intel Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council Kansas Bioscience Organization McKinstry Merck Microsoft Corporation Motorola Solutions Nature Publishing Group Optum RX Pasco Prudential Sally Ride Science Smart Technologies SSL Stellar Solutions Inc. Symantec The Travelers Companies, Inc. United Launch Alliance Ventria Bioscience Vernier Software and Technology About NGSS Next Generation Science Standards for Today's Students and Tomorrow'sWorkforce: Through a collaborative, state-led process, new K-12 science standards were developed that are rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education. The NGSS are based on theFramework for K-12 Science Education developed by the National Research Council. For more information, please visit our website atwww.nextgenscience.org.