In the post-NCLB age when schools have (to some extent) made the shift to digital and personalized learning is the new meme, what in the world is curriculum? Thirty years ago, a school board adopted ...

If you’re looking for Jana Beth Francis, the assistant superintendent for teaching and learning in the Daviess County district in Kentucky, you might find her in her car. Over the past few years, ...

The latest in our series on the achievement gap. Could the problem be the nation’s focus on teaching skills rather than actual knowledge? Sarah Webb, fifth and eighth grade English Langue Learner ...

Dr. Thomas Poetter has the look of a professor who can’t believe he’s allowed to have this much fun inspiring and mentoring a new generation of educational leaders and scholars. And as he ruminates on ...

One of the questions that I have been struggling with over the past year in terms of thinking about our schools is — — what is the role of a standardized curriculum in preparing our children to be ...

I recently found a box of papers from high school and was shocked to see what I once knew. There, in my handwriting, was a multi-step geometric proof, a creditable essay on the United States’ ...

Shadreck Chirikure receives funding from the University of Cape Town Research Office's Africa Knowledge Project and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. If you want to learn about Africa, ...

Heather Awbery, the principal at Balboa Elementary, has an odd problem. “What is going on? Why is my child, at Christmas break, only asking for amphibian books?” Awbery said parents have asked her.

College faculty and administrators articulate important educational goals, including instilling the values of a liberal-arts education; readying students to be thoughtful, productive citizens of the ...

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