Curriculum Matters tag:blogs.edweek.org,2011-06-29:/edweek/curriculum//59 2019-05-22T22:13:18Z Follow news on the common core, literacy, math, STEM, social studies, the arts, and other curriculum and instruction topics with veteran Education Week reporter Stephen Sawchuk. Movable Type Pro 5.2.7 Need a Primer on Education Week's Civics Project? Listen to This EWA Podcast tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.79119 2019-05-22T20:40:08Z 2019-05-22T22:13:18Z Listen to the Education Writers Association's interview with reporter Stephen Sawchuk on the core themes in Education Week's Citizen Z civics education reporting project. Stephen Sawchuk http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/stephen.sawchuk.html Listen to the Education Writers Association's interview with reporter Stephen Sawchuk on the core themes in Education Week's Citizen Z civics education reporting project. Ways to Improve Civic Engagement and Student Voice: An EdWeek Chat tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.79077 2019-05-15T20:34:00Z 2019-05-15T20:34:30Z Take in the highlights and strategies from Education Week's recent online chat on improving civics education and student voice. Stephen Sawchuk http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/stephen.sawchuk.html Take in the highlights and strategies from Education Week's recent online chat on improving civics education and student voice. Students Increasingly Are Not Reading Over the Summer, Poll Finds tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.79023 2019-05-08T14:11:02Z 2019-05-08T14:12:44Z The Scholastic survey also finds that knowledge helps: Parents who know about "summer slide" make more efforts to help their child keep reading. Sasha Jones The Scholastic survey also finds that knowledge helps: Parents who know about "summer slide" make more efforts to help their child keep reading. History Instruction Indicted: Too Much Memorization, Too Little Meaning tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.79019 2019-05-07T15:03:23Z 2019-05-07T18:44:25Z Students in U.S. classrooms are startingly ignorant of American history, but it's not because their teachers have failed them. It's because the curriculum in most schools focuses on memorizing "irrelevant, boring" names and dates, a new study finds. Catherine Gewertz http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/catherine.gewertz.html Students in U.S. classrooms are startingly ignorant of American history, but it's not because their teachers have failed them. It's because the curriculum in most schools focuses on memorizing "irrelevant, boring" names and dates, a new study finds. This Tool Can Help Identify 'STEM Deserts.' But It Needs Your Feedback tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78997 2019-05-03T19:53:00Z 2019-05-14T15:38:19Z The National Math and Science Initiative's new tool aims to help the field look for patterns in STEM data, so educators and policy folks can fill in holes. Stephen Sawchuk http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/stephen.sawchuk.html The National Math and Science Initiative's new tool aims to help the field look for patterns in STEM data, so educators and policy folks can fill in holes. Battle Over Reading: Parents of Children With Dyslexia Wage Curriculum War tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78990 2019-05-01T18:30:00Z 2019-05-02T18:38:19Z Lisa Stark http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/lisa.stark_17702538.html High School Paper Publishes Article on Student in Porn Industry After Censorship Fight tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78992 2019-04-30T18:09:38Z 2019-05-03T16:10:39Z The Bruin Voice plans to publish their sex-worker story this week, despite the school district's attempts to screen the content beforehand. Sasha Jones The Bruin Voice plans to publish their sex-worker story this week, despite the school district's attempts to screen the content beforehand. Youth Activists Petition for 2020 Presidential Candidate Debate on Environmental Policy tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78968 2019-04-28T16:43:37Z 2019-08-21T18:51:46Z The petition drive has so far received more than 51,000 signatures and support from five Democratic presidential candidates. Sasha Jones The petition drive has so far received more than 51,000 signatures and support from five Democratic presidential candidates. Teaching Kids About Online Political Engagement Works. Should We Do It More? tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78912 2019-04-17T20:09:00Z 2019-04-19T17:18:04Z Helping kids understand and engage in politics online makes them more likely to keep doing it. But is that a good thing? Stephen Sawchuk http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/stephen.sawchuk.html Helping kids understand and engage in politics online makes them more likely to keep doing it. But is that a good thing? Meet the Moms Pushing for a Reading Overhaul in Their District tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78818 2019-04-03T19:47:47Z 2019-08-23T20:36:01Z Two Pennsylvania moms had kids who were struggling readers; now they're advocating for their district to overhaul its entire approach to literacy. Stephen Sawchuk http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/stephen.sawchuk.html Two Pennsylvania moms had kids who were struggling readers; now they're advocating for their district to overhaul its entire approach to literacy. Lawsuit Takes Aim at Arizona's 'Anti-Gay' Curriculum Law tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78806 2019-03-29T19:56:00Z 2019-03-29T20:52:45Z Arizona is one of seven states where teachers are prohibited from portraying homosexuality in a positive way. Stephen Sawchuk http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/stephen.sawchuk.html Arizona is one of seven states where teachers are prohibited from portraying homosexuality in a positive way. Parkland Students Led Surge in Youth Turnout. But Some of Their Votes Didn't Count tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78765 2019-03-25T19:59:00Z 2019-03-25T21:35:10Z Young Parkland residents had much higher rates of having their ballots go uncounted or rejected than did young people in other parts of Florida. Stephen Sawchuk http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/stephen.sawchuk.html Young Parkland residents had much higher rates of having their ballots go uncounted or rejected than did young people in other parts of Florida. Tensions Over Teaching About the Middle East Resonate in Lawsuit tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78741 2019-03-21T19:55:00Z 2019-11-14T16:06:50Z A Massachusetts lawsuit seeks to remove specific texts from a district's curriculum on the Middle East, and singles out individual teachers. Stephen Sawchuk http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/stephen.sawchuk.html A Massachusetts lawsuit seeks to remove specific texts from a district's curriculum on the Middle East, and singles out individual teachers. Students Swarm the Capitol Grounds to Protest Climate Change tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78711 2019-03-15T20:44:00Z 2019-03-28T02:15:50Z Hundreds of students protested by the U.S. Capitol as part of an international movement to demand policies to curb climate change. Stephen Sawchuk http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/stephen.sawchuk.html Hundreds of students protested by the U.S. Capitol as part of an international movement to demand policies to curb climate change. Meet the Youth Climate Activists Who Are Leading School Strikes tag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.78637 2019-03-12T20:02:17Z 2019-03-13T12:21:38Z Here's what you need to know about this Friday's Youth Climate Strike, and how it fits into the larger context of student activism. Stephen Sawchuk http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/stephen.sawchuk.html Here's what you need to know about this Friday's Youth Climate Strike, and how it fits into the larger context of student activism.