Curriculum Matters: September 7, 2019: September 7, 2019

The most recent curriculum-related news, September 7, 2019. View as web page.

Teachers Nationwide Now Have Access to Open-Source Science Curriculum

For years, educators have complained that they lacked materials aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards, but a new effort called OpenSciEd is slowly releasing a free, open curriculum that many say is high-quality. Read more.

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Low-Achieving and High-Achieving Students Receive Different Instruction, Report Finds

In reading, math, and science, teachers whose students scored low on a national test reported being less likely to ask their classes to engage in higher-order thinking or offer them advanced work than teachers whose students scored high, a report from the National Center for Education Statistics finds. Read more.

How Do We Teach With Primary Sources When So Many Voices Are Missing?

Teachers have been encouraged to bring more primary sources into the classroom, but those documents are often missing the voices of Native Americans and other historically marginalized groups. Read more.

The '1619 Project' Curriculum Challenges Teachers to Reframe U.S. History

The curriculum is inspired by the New York Times Magazine project to observe the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in the United States. Read more.

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