Curriculum and Instruction

The latest news about curriculum and instruction, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Mapping out the landscape of academic content and instruction in the common-core era.

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Math, Literacy, & Common Standards

Nearly every state has signed on to use the Common Core State Standards as a framework for teaching English/language arts and mathematics to students. Translating them for the classroom, however, requires schools, teachers, and students to change the way they approach teaching and learning. This report examines the progress some states have made in implementing the standards, what preparations need to be undertaken, and the challenges that policymakers and educators face in achieving the goals of the standards. (April 23, 2012)

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Spotlight on Algebra

As more American students are being encouraged to take introductory algebra in 8th grade, efforts to support algebra instruction are examined.

Spotlight on Creating Readers

This Spotlight focuses on tools used to improve students' reading skills, and achieving full literacy.

Spotlight on Math Instruction

This Spotlight focuses on strategies for encouraging students to participate in math through reasoning and sense-making sills.

Spotlight on Reading Instruction

This Spotlight focuses on research on what works in teaching reading and successful tools and tactics already at work in classrooms.

Spotlight on STEM in Schools

This Spotlight takes a closer look at innovative approaches to STEM teaching and learning in American schools.

Curriculum Matters Blog

05/25 02:07 pm | Mass. Mulls, Maryland Moves On Social Studies Graduation Requirement | Massachusetts plans to require high school seniors to pass a test in U.S. history to graduate, and Maryland approves a law to reinstate passage of a test in U.S. government.

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Transforming Curricula Through Multimedia Tools
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Online Algebra I Class Can Boost Rural Students' Access, Skills
A new study notes the benefits of providing the class to 8th graders who would not otherwise have access to formal algebra curriculum.
January 10, 2012 - Education Week
New Details Surface About Common Assessments
Consortia documents outline tests that use computers in innovative ways and capture data about student knowledge that multiple-choice tests can't.
January 9, 2012 - Education Week
Literacy Wins, History Loses in Federal Budget
Congress revives the Striving Readers program, but scraps funding for history, foreign language, civics, and economics education.
January 6, 2012 - Education Week
The Write Way: Cursive in Classrooms Up for Debate
Schools are struggling to find a balance between teaching communications and teaching handwriting, possibly leaving cursive behind.
January 6, 2012 - Education Week
Out-of-School Time Drawing Girls Into STEM
Efforts are under way to engage minority, underprivileged, and female students in STEM learning via programs outside the traditional school day.
January 5, 2012 - Education Week
Tucson's Ethnic-Studies Program Violates Ariz. Law, Judge Says
The Tucson school district's Mexican American studies program violates state law, an Arizona administrative law judge ruled Tuesday.
December 28, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune
Commentary
Teaching Evolution and Using Evolution to Teach
Taught as a theory in the classroom, evolution can also inform the design of more effective school programs, writes David Sloan Wilson.
December 21, 2011 - Education Week
Change Things Up With Novelty Learning
Research has shown that novelty—trying something new or exploring a different path—boosts learning, writes a principal. Sometimes all it takes is rearranging the desks.
December 20, 2011 - Teacher
Commentary
Where Are the Books?
Inner-city students are hurt by lack of access to books and other crucial learning materials, Jay Urwitz writes.
December 13, 2011 - Education Week
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Can Readers Really Stay Within the Standards Lines?
The new reading standards would impose limits that are too restrictive, Maja Wilson and Thomas Newkirk write.
December 13, 2011 - Education Week

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