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Curriculum A Bold Effort to End Algebra Tracking Shows PromiseBut will reductions in course-failure rates be enough to sustain the controversial San Francisco program?Curriculum Educators Scramble for Texts to Match Science StandardsFive years after the Next Generation Science Standards were rolled out, curricular options for teaching them have been slow to materialize.
Curriculum Opinion Author Interview With Rick Wormeli: 'Fair Isn't Always Equal'Rick Wormeli agreed to answer a few questions about the new second edition of his book, "Fair Isn't Always Equal."
Curriculum Can Greater Academic Demands Lead to Less Risky Behavior in Teenagers?A new study finds a link between beefing up high school graduation requirements in math and science and a reduction in youth drinking.
Curriculum How Districts Can Incorporate Open Educational ResourcesFor states and districts aiming to incorporate open educational resources into schools, a new report offers tips and best practices.Curriculum From Our Research Center Calculus Is the Peak of High School Math. Maybe It's Time to Change ThatThe class doesn't predict future success well and disparities in it are legion. What about elevating statistics instead?Curriculum Opinion The "Creative Destruction" of the American School Publishing IndustryMarc Tucker discusses the consolidation of the American textbook industry and its impact on the quality of the instructional materials publishers now produce.
Curriculum Opinion Four Ways to Put Civics Education Front and Center for Elementary StudentsTeachers have a responsibility to give students the strategies and resources to actively engage with their communities, writes elementary teacher Gail Sider.
Curriculum Opinion Author Interview With Kelly Gallagher & Penny Kittle: '180 Days'Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle agreed to answer a few questions about their new book, "180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents."Curriculum Pearson Tests Growth-Mindset Messages in SoftwareAn experiment with embedding 'growth-mindset' messaging in software appeared to help students persist when they encountered difficulty, and raised ethical concerns.
Curriculum At Summit, Educators Explore Ways to Make Art a FocusArtists, educators, and innovators spent a day in Washington discussing how art can solve problems in education.
Curriculum Video Computational Thinking as the New Literacy - Aileen OwensIn this half-hour presentation at Education Week’s Leaders To Learn From event in Washington, Aileen Owens, director of technology and innovation for Pennsylvania’s South Fayette school district, describes her efforts around cultivating students’ “computational thinking.” At the event, Owens was recognized as an exceptional school district leader for her leadership in innovation in curriculum. Since being hired at South Fayette in 2010, Owens’ passion has been on cultivating students’ “computational thinking.” That includes coding. But the real emphasis is on helping students learn to problem-solve; to think algorithmically, in step-by-step sequences; to debug and revise; and to work with abstract concepts.
Curriculum Text for Black History Course Should Begin With Pre-Slavery Era, Critics ArgueHigh schools in Bridgeport, Conn., will offer a new course in African-American history in the fall, but not everyone agrees on which text to use.
Curriculum Opinion Teaching History With STE(A)MWe wonder if in teaching history as a story of facts, we have scrubbed it clean of the emotional story that carries the important messages.
Curriculum STEM Lessons for Kindergarteners Earn Girl Scout Top HonorA senior at Paradise High School in northern California earned the Gold Award, the highest achievement given to a Girl Scout, for creating 12 STEM lessons for kindergarteners.
