education standards seem term fraught intent large standards set state uphold localities leave decide best implement standards lesson plan specialize curriculum test voter point check box ballot someone school board least school superintendent mean time like phrase politics local take literal mean imagine local politics sometimes determine children learn.to make matter bad textbook manufacturers subject political wind capitalism next industry mean want produce book market sell give big state like california texas whose student populations vastly outmatch state huge influence education standards even outside borders.when state reliably blue california shake favorably proponents science history civics basically everything facts involve state often red case texas bad things.what happen though state purple like new mexico find new science education standards southwestern state raise eyebrows say something state long-serving public education secretary resign years job hanna skandera appoint republican governor susana martinez face intense scrutiny democratic lawmakers teachers state previously propose education reform grade young elementary students variety change skandera seek serve capacity florida governor jeb bush make target teachers unions parent group across state.martinez unhappy pressure cause skandera resign.but propose change science new mexico initially base next generation science standards guidelines release back 2013 eventually pass chamber new mexico legislature propose change make governor martinez desk issue arise veto bill cite authority properly vet new standards.now standards look considerably different legislature passed.mother jones outline change two democrats state represent district 10 33 point squarely governor martinez op-ed las cruces sun-news one committee hear former member staff admit reason governor decision toward end tenure public education department task edit change language standards make politically sanitize matter whether change come school board legislatures directly governor office change education standards never politicize unless stop new mexico set new standard state might politicize future.featured image via peter macdiarmid/getty image new mexico erase actual science science standards