school curriculum

6 min read 2022-08-23 16:10:32

The islands of ideologies

On the very day an 18-year-old shot 19 students and two adults at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas, on the other side of the world, a

3 min read 2022-04-28 03:01:13

Earlier this month, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) issued a position statement, writing that “the time has come to decenter

3 min read 2021-12-10 04:54:35

Graduate from high school, get a job, and get married before having kids. To many, this prescription seems uncontroversial, even like common sense.

3 min read 2021-12-02 21:20:49

America’s K–12 education system has become the latest front in the elite-driven culture war. The discourse and dialogue in schools have been

1 min read 2021-11-25 03:34:46

On an episode of Tucker Carlson’s prime-time show a few months ago, conservative pundit Matt Walsh argued there should be cameras in every American

1 min read 2021-11-08 07:01:57

By: Stacy M. Brown Election night proved as much an indictment on current Democratic leadership and the party’s inability to pass meaningful

1 min read 2021-10-01 19:07:25

Photos courtesy of Monticello/Tom Daly. By Melanie Bowyer, Manager of Digital Media and Strategy at Monticello, Charlottesville, VA, and AASLH

1 min read 2021-09-03 21:27:43

Racism played a significant role in the American past and it continues to be widespread and harmful to us all. A broad bipartisan majority of

2 min read 2021-05-05 04:05:00

The California Department of Education is considering a new framework for teaching mathematics in the state that would appear to discourage naturally

3 min read 2020-06-13 02:39:53

We need a greater understanding of British histories of empire, colonialism and migration to combat racism in our institutions. Commenting on the

1 min read 2020-05-14 17:00:37

In this episode, Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill speaks with Ashley Berner, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education

5 min read 2020-04-21 17:00:13

Schoolkids raising their hands in classroom at school The case for a knowledge-rich curriculum is strong. How can state policymakers make its use the

3 min read 2020-03-26 17:00:48

Coronavirus is interrupting life in general and education specifically. As parents in the U.S. adjust to school closures and the potential for their

6 min read 2019-09-03 16:20:45

Remember when our value was tied to how well we fared in exams? To the A’s or B’s that we got in our subjects? Well this is all going to change