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Since its release in 2013, the print edition of Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States has been used by tens of thousands of educators and curriculum planners in school districts across the country.
Today, it was announced that you can download a PDF of the complete book – containing all the official standards, connections, and appendixes – as a complement to the print edition. Furthermore,
as with thousands of other publications on NAP.edu, this one's on the house.
If you haven't taken a close look at Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States yet, we hope you'll use this opportunity to visit our website and download it for free. If you like the reader-friendly, full-color format and design, and if you think you'd enjoy having a spiral-bound hard copy for your desk as well, use discount code NGSS14 to buy it at 25% off the list price with our compliments.
Feel free to forward this announcement along to your colleagues!
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