Much has been discussed about revising substantive portions of the Columbia Core Curriculum in recent times. Namely, we would do well to celebrate and integrate meritorious intellectual input from ...

Last year Melody Arabo had the hardest year of her 13-year teaching career. The program she and her colleagues had been given to teach third-grade math at Keith Elementary just outside of Detroit was ...

New guidelines on crafting curriculum materials for the common standards in English/language arts are reigniting debate about how to ensure a marketplace of good instructional materials for the new ...

We often talk about the “core curriculum” as the center of our education system, the most essential content for students to master in order to be prepared for their futures. For most, it includes ...

The University of Minnesota’s Faculty Senate held a special session Tuesday to discuss and revote on a proposed change in the University’s core curriculum, which originally failed in an April 3 ...

The Common Core State Standards state what students should master, but they are not a curriculum. Jumping from the standards to create lesson plans misses a crucial middle step of developing a ...

Districts are already making large financial investments into core programs. So why are they still buying more resources to ...