Education Week: Curriculum and Instruction

Houston Parents Want District to Stop Playing With Recess

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

The latest playground scuffle in Houston involves, well, the playground itself.

Writing

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

Students' reading skills benefit from instruction in writing, according to a research review in the winter issue of the Harvard Education Review.

Many States Receive 'D' or 'F' in Review of Science Standards

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

A new report offers a "bleak picture" of the state of state science standards across the nation.

Small, Rural Districts Test Four-Day Week

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

The Montgomery County school system about 80 miles west of St. Louis is among a growing number of rural Missouri districts that have eliminated one day from the school week.

Threat to Transitional Kindergarten Roils Calif.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

Educators and preschool advocates urge state lawmakers to reject eliminating the new program as a budget move.

Ed. Experts Critique 'Digital Learning Day'

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

Advocates and critics offer their assessments of the inaugural event, which featured the release of a new federal resource advising educators about digital-textbook adoption.

N.H. Schools Embrace Competency-Based Learning

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

Newfound Regional High School is part of an aggressive statewide effort to make learning more about mastery and less about seat time.

States Mulling Creativity Indexes for Schools

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

California, Massachusetts, and Oklahoma are working on ways to promote, and measure, creativity and innovation in their schools.

Ind. Senate Broadens Teaching Creationism Proposal

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Common-Core Work Must Include Teacher Development

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

The professional development needed to support teachers' part in the common-core standards has remained an afterthought, Stephanie Hirsh writes.

District Leaders Get Dose of Teaching Common Core

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Brought together by the Aspen Institute, chief academic officers were introduced to strategies to teach reading from new perspectives.

New Kentucky Student Assessments: Prepare to Be Confused

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

More than 500,000 Kentucky public school students will take the state's new K-Prep test for the first time this spring.

Bringing STEM Into Focus

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

The use of practical applications in the science classroom, like model-building and data analysis, can help students make critical STEM connections, write Jean Moon and Susan Rundell Singer.

International Initiatives Fuel Growth of Open Ed. Content

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Experts say the real power of open education resources comes not from the fact that they are free, but from the ability to customize the content.

One Student at a Time

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Individualized instruction is critical to providing true 21st-century education, David V. Hicks writes.