Building Quality Science Instruction

I was recently reading a WestEd blog post on the Next Gen Science website, dated January 10, 2024. In this blog, I read the post "Seeing is Believing: Building a Shared Vision of Quality Science Instruction." It was written by Vanessa Wolbrink. In the years following the adoption of new science standards, states and districts must begin to navigate the complexities of transitioning to new learning goals — including updating instructional materials, professional learning, course descriptions and requirements, and assessments. In order to determine what changes are needed and how to enact them effectively, we need to ask the question, "What does it really take to build a shared understanding of the shift in teaching and learning expected in today's science classrooms?"