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Special Thanks to Funders
Bither, Eve, Acting Director, Office of Reform, Assistance, and Dissemination, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, District of Columbia.
Eckstrand, Irene, Acting Director, Office of Science Education, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Owens, Frank C., Director, Education Division, Office of Human Resources and Education, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, District of Columbia.
Williams, Luther, Assistant Director, Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia.
Additional thanks for the many efforts of the following people:
Erma Anderson, Cathy Chetney, Janet Coffey, Barbara Cozzens, Doug Disrud, Cynthia Doherty, Megan Fitch, Edith Gummer, Lolita Jackmon, Keith Lutman, Sue McCutchen, Tonya Miller, Darlene Scheib, Maureen Shiflett, Sam Spiegel, Ginny Van Horne, Judy Van Kirk, John Weigers, Yvonne Wise.
Marking the culmination of a three-year, multiphase process, on April 10th, 2013, a 26-state consortium released the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a detailed description of the key scientific ideas and practices that all students should learn by the time they graduate from high school.