Curriculum
The Social-Emotional-Learning Movement and the Self-Esteem Movement
Social Emotional Learning will almost surely turn out to have no real scientific foundation.
Curriculum
Cultural Activity Matters
A rigorously designed study out of Denmark shows that cultural activity among students is strongly (and likely causally) related to later academic success.
Curriculum
Time to Connect Professional Development and Teacher Training to Curriculum
Why is it so rare that thoughtfully vetted instructional materials form the foundation of professional learning for teachers?
Curriculum
Curriculum Becomes a Reform Strategy
It’s too soon to declare that curriculum has made its way solidly into the ed-reform arsenal, but the evidence is mounting that it’s entering.
Curriculum
A Cage-Busting Curriculum for Teachers
How teachers can navigate bureaucracy and the shoals of policy in order to make schools and systems more supportive of their work.
Curriculum
Civil Society and Job Training
Instead of trying to use public policy to develop training programs for the workforce of the future, let's instead rest our hopes on a vast array of small-scale, nimble, local solutions crafted by civil-society actors.
Curriculum
A Better Future for Rural Communities Starts at the Schoolhouse
Students need to know that the economy constantly changes and that everyone, no matter how well educated, must be alert to trends in the demand for skills.
Curriculum
Big Bang for Just a Few Bucks: The Impact of Math Textbooks in California
Textbooks are one of the most widely used educational inputs, but remarkably little is known about their effects on student learning.
Curriculum
AP Government is All Government and No Civics; All Federal and No Federalism
We need a rigorous curriculum to teach students the civics of the local and the experiential.
Curriculum
Can a Redesigned AP Government Course Get Schools Back Into the Civic Education Game?
If a new seriousness about civic education takes root, schools may turn to the new off-the-shelf curriculum developed by the College Board.
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