{"id":1329,"date":"2015-03-20T08:12:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T12:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2015-12-10T09:26:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T14:26:36","slug":"next-generation-science-standards-are-focus-of-msde-twitter-chat-on-march-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/next-generation-science-standards-are-focus-of-msde-twitter-chat-on-march-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Generation Science Standards Are Focus Of MSDE Twitter Chat On March 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>MSDE Experts Will Take Questions<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>For Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland State Department of Education will host a Twitter Chat on March 24, with MSDE specialists responding to questions about the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) currently being rolled out in classrooms throughout the State.<\/p>\n<p>The standards are a set of performance expectations in science, which place particular emphasis on content, critical thinking, and science and engineering practices.\u00a0 The Maryland State Board of Education adopted the NGSS in 2013, noting that the new standards provide additional rigor that will better prepare students for college and career.\u00a0 A number of Maryland educators were involved in formation of the standards, and are now working on implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland schools have started implementing the NGSS and building curricula aligned to the standards.\u00a0 The NGSS will be fully implemented by the 2017-18 school year.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter followers @MdPublicSchools are encouraged to ask questions and participate in the discussion using the hashtag, #MSDEChat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MSDE Science Specialists<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MSDE Twitter Chat<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6:30 \u2013 7:30 p.m.<br \/>\nTuesday, March 24<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 @MdPublicSchools<br \/>\n#MSDEChat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSDE Experts Will Take Questions<br \/>\nFor Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486<br \/>\nThe Maryland State Department of Education will host a Twitter Chat on March 24, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/next-generation-science-standards-are-focus-of-msde-twitter-chat-on-march-24\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-newsreleases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1330,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329\/revisions\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}