Curriculum
GPAs, SATs, and TMI?
Our elite universities, should they wish, could end epic oversharing, help student writing, and improve college readiness in one fell swoop.
Curriculum
Is Differentiated Instruction a Hollow Promise?
Teachers are expected to be all things to (almost) all youngsters, but most acknowledge that, while technology and small classes surely help, they do not feel like they’re differentiating all that well.
Curriculum
What High Schools Can Do for ‘Unprepared’ Students
New York's small schools have produced powerful results for students—many of whom fall squarely within the cohort of the “underprepared.”
Curriculum
‘College and Career Ready’ Sounds Great. But What About the Kids Who Are Neither?
What should we do with these students while they are in high school? What education offerings would benefit them the most?
Curriculum
A Concluded Battle in the Curriculum Wars
Abundant research supports content-oriented curricula in the “softer” subjects of English Language Arts and social studies/history.
Curriculum
Behind the Headline: Barack Obama vs. the Culture of Poverty
Two giants of the blogosphere, Jonathan Chait of New York magazine and Ta-Nehisi Coates of the Atlantic, have been engaging in an epic debate this month over the concept of "the culture of poverty."
Curriculum
“Kid, I’m Sorry, but You’re Just Not College Material”
Is exactly what we should be telling a lot of high school students.
Curriculum
Alternatives to the Traditional
Montgomery County, Md. will overhaul its struggling alternative school program using personalized, competency-based, and online components.
Curriculum
The Common Core Sanity Check of the Day: Estimation Is Not a Fuzzy Math Skill
Those who criticize the Common Core standards for asking kids to estimate the answer to a math problem get a few things wrong.
Curriculum
Knowledge at the Core
For thirty years, Don Hirsch has tried to persuade policymakers to undertake perhaps the one reform we’ve never tried: the widespread adoption of a coherent, sequential, content-rich curriculum. What might change the outcome over the next thirty years?
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