This Month’s Feature Article & A New ABT Department

This month’s editorial is an opportunity for me to point out two important entries in this issue. The first is Rodger Bybee’s Feature Article on the next generation of national biology standards. Many NABT members know Rodger as an active biology educator, a member of the staff and later Executive Director of the BSCS. Rodger was also later called upon to lead in the development of the National Science Education Standards (NSES) at the National Academy of Sciences. About a year ago, I asked Rodger (whom I have known well for over 30 years and who is a long-term NABT member) if he would write an article for the ABT on the current status of the biology standards. He happily obliged with an update on where the national biology standards are headed. This is important because the NSES have been a major influence on biology curriculum development and state and...