October 18th Morning Rush: PED to make changes to proposed science standards

1. After heated discussions, the state’s Public Education Departments says it will rewrite the controversial proposed science standards. Many say the issue with New Mexico’s new secretary of education’s proposed changes to curriculum, was the “Stem Ready Standards,” which challenged evolution, ignored climate change, and questioned the age of the earth. Some of the new changes now include for middle schools an explanation of the earth’s age that’s based