 New Mexico Is Erasing Actual Science From Their Science Standards Education standards,  it seems, is now a term fraught with intent. By and large, standards are set by the states that uphold them, with localities left to decide how best to implement those standards through lesson plans, specialized curriculum, and testing. But if you re a voter, you have at some point checked a box on a ballot for someone on a school board, or at the very least a school superintendent. That means that in a time like now, when the phrase  all politics is local  has taken on the most literal meaning you can imagine, local politics can sometimes determine what your children learn.To make matters worse, textbook manufacturers are as subject to political winds   and capitalism   as the next industry. That means they want to produce their books in markets where they can sell the most, which gives big states like California and Texas, whose student populations vastly outmatch those of other states, huge influence over education standards even outside their borders.When a state is reliably  blue,  as California is, that can shake out favorably for proponents of science, history, civics   basically everything where facts are involved. But when a state is more often  red,  as in the case of Texas, it can be bad for those same things.What happens, though, when a state is more  purple,  like New Mexico?We re finding out now. The new science education standards for the southwestern state are raising eyebrows, and that s saying something for a state in which the long-serving Public Education Secretary resigned after 7 years on the job. Hanna Skandera, who was appointed by Republican governor Susana Martinez, had faced intense scrutiny from both Democratic lawmakers and from teachers in the state over previously proposed education reforms.  A through F   grading for young elementary students and a variety of other changes Skandera had sought while serving in the same capacity in Florida under governor Jeb! Bush made her a target of teachers  unions and parent groups across the state.Martinez was very unhappy about the pressure that caused Skandera to resign.But the proposed changes to science in New Mexico were initially based on the Next Generation Science Standards, guidelines released back in 2013 and eventually passed by both chambers of the New Mexico legislature. It was when the proposed changes made it to Governor Martinez  desk that issues arose. She vetoed the bill, citing her authority to properly  vet  the new standards.Now those standards look considerably different than what the legislature passed.Mother Jones outlined some of the changes:Two Democrats in the state, representing Districts 10 and 33, have pointed squarely at Governor Martinez in an op-ed in the Las Cruces Sun-News:During one of the committee hearings, a former member of her staff admitted the reason for the governor s decision.  Toward the end of my tenure at the Public Education Department, I was tasked to edit and change some of the language in the standards to make them politically sanitized. No matter whether changes come from school boards, legislatures, or directly from a governor s office, changes to education standards should never be politicized. Unless this is stopped, New Mexico is just setting a new standard for how other states might politicize them in the future.Featured image via Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesNews
new mexico is erasing actual science from their science standards education standards seems term fraught intent by large standards set states uphold localities left decide best implement standards lesson plans specialized curriculum testing but voter point checked box ballot someone school board least school superintendent that means time like phrase politics local taken literal meaning imagine local politics sometimes determine children make matters worse textbook manufacturers subject political winds capitalism next industry that means want produce books markets sell gives big states like california texas whose student populations vastly postmatch states huge influence education standards even outside state reliably blue california shake favorably proponents science history civic basically everything facts involved but state often red case texas bad happens though state purple like new mexico we finding the new science education standards southwestern state raising eyebrows saying something state public education secretary resigned years job hanna sanders appointed republican governor susan martinez faced intense scrutiny democratic lawmakers teachers state previously proposed education reforms a f grading young elementary students variety changes sanders sought serving capacity florida governor jeb bush made target teachers unions parent groups across unhappy pressure caused sanders proposed changes science new mexico initially based next generation science standards guidelines released back eventually passed chambers new mexico legislature it proposed changes made governor martinez desk issues arose she vetoed bill citing authority properly vet new standards look considerably different legislature jones outlined changes two democrats state representing districts pointed squarely governor martinez las rules during one committee hearings former member staff admitted reason governor decision toward end tenure public education department i tasked edit change language standards make politically sanitized no matter whether changes come school boards legislatures directly governor office changes education standards never politicized unless stopped new mexico setting new standard states might politician image via peter imagenes
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  New Mexico Is Erasing Actual Science From Their Science Standards Education standards,  it seems, is now a term fraught with intent. By and large, standards are set by the states that uphold them, with localities left to decide how best to implement those standards through lesson plans, specialized curriculum, and testing. But if you re a voter, you have at some point checked a box on a ballot for someone on a school board, or at the very least a school superintendent. That means that in a time like now, when the phrase  all politics is local  has taken on the most literal meaning you can imagine, local politics can sometimes determine what your children learn.To make matters worse, textbook manufacturers are as subject to political winds   and capitalism   as the next industry. That means they want to produce their books in markets where they can sell the most, which gives big states like California and Texas, whose student populations vastly outmatch those of other states, huge influence over education standards even outside their borders.When a state is reliably  blue,  as California is, that can shake out favorably for proponents of science, history, civics   basically everything where facts are involved. But when a state is more often  red,  as in the case of Texas, it can be bad for those same things.What happens, though, when a state is more  purple,  like New Mexico?We re finding out now. The new science education standards for the southwestern state are raising eyebrows, and that s saying something for a state in which the long-serving Public Education Secretary resigned after 7 years on the job. Hanna Skandera, who was appointed by Republican governor Susana Martinez, had faced intense scrutiny from both Democratic lawmakers and from teachers in the state over previously proposed education reforms.  A through F   grading for young elementary students and a variety of other changes Skandera had sought while serving in the same capacity in Florida under governor Jeb! Bush made her a target of teachers  unions and parent groups across the state.Martinez was very unhappy about the pressure that caused Skandera to resign.But the proposed changes to science in New Mexico were initially based on the Next Generation Science Standards, guidelines released back in 2013 and eventually passed by both chambers of the New Mexico legislature. It was when the proposed changes made it to Governor Martinez  desk that issues arose. She vetoed the bill, citing her authority to properly  vet  the new standards.Now those standards look considerably different than what the legislature passed.Mother Jones outlined some of the changes:Two Democrats in the state, representing Districts 10 and 33, have pointed squarely at Governor Martinez in an op-ed in the Las Cruces Sun-News:During one of the committee hearings, a former member of her staff admitted the reason for the governor s decision.  Toward the end of my tenure at the Public Education Department, I was tasked to edit and change some of the language in the standards to make them politically sanitized. No matter whether changes come from school boards, legislatures, or directly from a governor s office, changes to education standards should never be politicized. Unless this is stopped, New Mexico is just setting a new standard for how other states might politicize them in the future.Featured image via Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: new mexico is erasing actual science from their science standards education standards seems term fraught intent by large standards set states uphold localities left decide best implement standards lesson plans specialized curriculum testing but voter point checked box ballot someone school board least school superintendent that means time like phrase politics local taken literal meaning imagine local politics sometimes determine children make matters worse textbook manufacturers subject political winds capitalism next industry that means want produce books markets sell gives big states like california texas whose student populations vastly postmatch states huge influence education standards even outside state reliably blue california shake favorably proponents science history civic basically everything facts involved but state often red case texas bad happens though state purple like new mexico we finding the new science education standards southwestern state raising eyebrows saying something state public education secretary resigned years job hanna sanders appointed republican governor susan martinez faced intense scrutiny democratic lawmakers teachers state previously proposed education reforms a f grading young elementary students variety changes sanders sought serving capacity florida governor jeb bush made target teachers unions parent groups across unhappy pressure caused sanders proposed changes science new mexico initially based next generation science standards guidelines released back eventually passed chambers new mexico legislature it proposed changes made governor martinez desk issues arose she vetoed bill citing authority properly vet new standards look considerably different legislature jones outlined changes two democrats state representing districts pointed squarely governor martinez las rules during one committee hearings former member staff admitted reason governor decision toward end tenure public education department i tasked edit change language standards make politically sanitized no matter whether changes come school boards legislatures directly governor office changes education standards never politicized unless stopped new mexico setting new standard states might politician image via peter imagenes