Episode 70: More New Science Standards Proposed

Clark Corbin | 05/26/2017

Welcome to episode 70 of the Extra Credit podcast.

This week, our reporters breakdown the debate over global warming’s role in science standards and breakdown the proposed new standards that the State Department of Education proposed last week.

Plus, co-host Kevin Richert details Idaho education leaders’ reactions to President Trump’s proposal to cut education spending and explains why schools chief Sherri Ybarra invited U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to Idaho.

Be sure to check back next week for another new edition of Extra Credit.

Clark Corbin

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