Science standards on hold until 2018

State officials say new K-12 science standards – which include for the first time references to global warming and the Big Bang Theory – won’t be submitted to the Idaho Legislature until 2018 after receiving a surprise rejection from lawmakers earlier this year. Lawmakers spiked the first version of the standards in February after receiving criticism that the department violated state laws while forming them. No evidence of wrongdoing was ever proven, but the state agreed to start the process over again, and this time it’s taking a slower pace./ AP . More here .