Curriculum Matterstag:blogs.edweek.org,2011-06-29:/edweek/curriculum//592019-05-22T22:13:18ZFollow 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 5.2.7Need a Primer on Education Week's Civics Project? Listen to This EWA Podcasttag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.791192019-05-22T20:40:08Z2019-05-22T22:13:18ZListen 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 Sawchukhttp://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 Chattag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.790772019-05-15T20:34:00Z2019-05-15T20:34:30ZTake in the highlights and strategies from Education Week's recent online chat on improving civics education and student voice.Stephen Sawchukhttp://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 Findstag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.790232019-05-08T14:11:02Z2019-05-08T14:12:44ZThe 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 Meaningtag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.790192019-05-07T15:03:23Z2019-05-07T18:44:25ZStudents 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 Gewertzhttp://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 Feedbacktag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.789972019-05-03T19:53:00Z2019-05-14T15:38:19ZThe 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 Sawchukhttp://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//59.789902019-05-01T18:30:00Z2019-05-02T18:38:19ZLisa Starkhttp://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/lisa.stark_17702538.htmlHigh School Paper Publishes Article on Student in Porn Industry After Censorship Fighttag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.789922019-04-30T18:09:38Z2019-05-03T16:10:39ZThe 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 Policytag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.789682019-04-28T16:43:37Z2019-08-21T18:51:46ZThe 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//59.789122019-04-17T20:09:00Z2019-04-19T17:18:04ZHelping kids understand and engage in politics online makes them more likely to keep doing it. But is that a good thing?Stephen Sawchukhttp://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 Districttag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.788182019-04-03T19:47:47Z2019-08-23T20:36:01ZTwo Pennsylvania moms had kids who were struggling readers; now they're advocating for their district to overhaul its entire approach to literacy.Stephen Sawchukhttp://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 Lawtag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.788062019-03-29T19:56:00Z2019-03-29T20:52:45ZArizona is one of seven states where teachers are prohibited from portraying homosexuality in a positive way.Stephen Sawchukhttp://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 Counttag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.787652019-03-25T19:59:00Z2019-03-25T21:35:10ZYoung Parkland residents had much higher rates of having their ballots go uncounted or rejected than did young people in other parts of Florida.Stephen Sawchukhttp://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 Lawsuittag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.787412019-03-21T19:55:00Z2019-11-14T16:06:50ZA Massachusetts lawsuit seeks to remove specific texts from a district's curriculum on the Middle East, and singles out individual teachers.Stephen Sawchukhttp://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 Changetag:blogs.edweek.org,2019:/edweek/curriculum//59.787112019-03-15T20:44:00Z2019-03-28T02:15:50ZHundreds of students protested by the U.S. Capitol as part of an international movement to demand policies to curb climate change.Stephen Sawchukhttp://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//59.786372019-03-12T20:02:17Z2019-03-13T12:21:38ZHere'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 Sawchukhttp://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.