Lexington Herald Leader: Martin Cothran's July 5 attack on Kentucky's science standards and the Next Generation Science Standards was unfounded and, to put it kindly, extremely odd and irrelevant.
Cothran, a political lobbyist for the Family Foundation of Kentucky, lacks a background in science. Furthermore his organization is an extremely conservative religious one and does not have science advisors.
In contrast, the NGSS were developed by educators and scientists in various states with the aid of the American Association...