if i were to ask to you guess the most controversial aspect of the new next generation science standards designed to guide the curriculum of science education in american schools, you might answer evolution. and that would be a very good guess. it would put you in the right neighborhood, but not quite the correct fake controversy. chairman ron michael, i concluded the meeting saying science education should be based on our economy, which is natural resources. and if it seems backward, then so be it. science education should be based on our economy, which is natural resources. wyoming lawmakers blocked the next generation standards in large part because they reflect the settled science that carbon pollution for the burning of fossil fuels is causing the warming of the planet. he does not accept climate change is fact, adding the standards are very prejudiced in my opinion against fossil fuel development. that s a board of education chairman worried that fossil fuel development is no