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Curriculum From Our Research Center Fully In-Person Instruction Is Gaining Ground in SchoolsDistricts all over the country have been rolling back plans to teach students in person because of the coronavirus. But now there are signs that some districts are getting more comfortable with the all-in-person approach.Curriculum Letter to the Editor Assuaging Technology FearsTo the Editor:
After reading the article "COVID-19 & Remote Learning: How to Make It Work," ("Special Report: How We Go Back to School," July 22, 2020), it looks like school administrators are forgetting the library media specialist again. The article links to a document with six ways educators can help parents with remote learning next school year, but perhaps library media specialists could also provide guidance.
Curriculum How to Balance In-Person and Remote InstructionFull-time remote instruction? In-person instruction? Or a hybrid model? Deciding among those three options can be an excruciating decision for school officials. But the choice many schools appear to be leaning toward is a hybrid model, at least for now.
Curriculum Opinion How Should Teachers Handle the Movement to 'Rewrite' High School History? Embrace ItThe history curriculum is a good place for educators to take the initiative on racial justice, urge history educators Jack Doyle and Chris Doyle.
Curriculum Teachers Pay Teachers Has a New Anti-Racist Initiative. But There’s Still Racist Content on the SiteThe lesson-sharing platform recently pledged to promote anti-racist resources and provide free professional development. But teachers say the company's content moderation policy still allows for racist resources to remain on the site.
Curriculum EdReports to Look at Curricula's Capacity for Remote LearningThe organization plans to update every set of materials that it has rated as standards-aligned with new information about how students and teachers can use the materials remotely.
Curriculum Why These Teachers and Students Want Juneteenth in the CurriculumThe day has long been celebrated by black communities, but it's still a topic that many students and teachers say isn't covered in schools.
Curriculum Coronavirus Reveals How Math Instruction Must Change, Math Groups SayAs schools plan for fall instruction, educators must take the opportunity to rework math instruction so it's equitable for all students, two math organizations said in a new paper.
Curriculum 15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and ProtestAmid protests against police brutality, teachers are seeking lessons to help students process this moment. Education Week compiled a list.
Curriculum Who's Afraid of Math? Turns Out, Lots of StudentsA program in Howard County, Md., is built on the insight that children can have strong emotions around academics, and those emotions can sabotage learning.
Curriculum Who Takes the Hardest Calculus Courses?Digging a little deeper into the data from international tests reveals ways in which differences in the content students can access widens math achievement gaps.Curriculum How Schools Are Putting Equity First in Math InstructionEducators are changing instructional priorities, altering lessons, and working on ways to help teachers grow professionally, all in an effort to raise math achievement.
Curriculum Are Math Coaches the Answer to Lagging Achievement?A sizable body of research shows that intensive, one-on-one coaching can improve instructional practice and student achievement more than other professional development offerings for teachers.
Curriculum Stop Giving Inexperienced Teachers All the Lower-Level Math Classes, Reformers Argue“Detracking” math teachers is tough because many educators resist upending their routines or challenging informal hierarchies, and PD initiatives to make it happen are limited.
Curriculum Getting Students to Talk About Math Helps Solve ProblemsMath discourse is a technique that works as well virtually as it does on paper or in face-to-face classrooms, according to experts.
