Curriculum
For 10 months, Carolyn Abbott waited for the other shoe to drop. In April 2011, Abbott, who teaches mathematics to seventh- and eighth-graders at the Anderson School, a citywide gifted-and-talented…
May 16, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreAs American students continue to fall behind foreign peers, 45 states and Washington, D.C. have adopted the Common Core State Standards, a new set of academic benchmarks aimed at raising…
May 16, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreA national resolution to urge education administrators to rely less on standardized testing is gaining a wave of support in South Florida, the Huffington Post reports.…
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Physical education (PE) teachers are often on the short end of the stick when it comes to technology innovations in school. When the battle of the bulge is fought every…
May 16, 2012 / No Comment / Read More The planes are imaginary and Ambition is a simulated aircraft carrier, the centerpiece of the new, $33 million National Flight Academy that supporters are calling space camp taken to the…
May 15, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreState education officials will no longer use a standardized test question that asked third-graders to reveal a secret and write about why it was difficult to keep, the Associated Press…
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The Common Core State Standards in mathematics have the potential to enhance students' academic performance if properly implemented, but most states have a long way to go, according to research…
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Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing slightly better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal government said…
May 10, 2012 / No Comment / Read More I received the following email from a New York State math teacher, says Valerie Strauss, columnist for the Washington Post. …
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In 1998, a 15-year-old high school student used the personal website of a professor at Northwestern University, Arthur Butz, as justification for writing a history paper called “The Historic Myth…
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