Curriculum: Page 2
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Using mysteries to build critical thinking into curriculum
Assignments requiring collaboration and deductive reasoning to arrive at a solution based on a series of clues can be built into a variety of subjects.
By Lauren Barack • March 24, 2021 -
Permission granted by Lindsay Unified School District
How are educators overcoming hybrid learning pain points?
Building norms and systems for participation can foster a sense of community that connects both students learning in-person and those attending virtually.
By Shawna De La Rosa • March 24, 2021 -
Trendline
Social-Emotional Learning
Our latest K-12 Dive Trendline takes a closer look at how educators are addressing social-emotional learning amid the mental and emotional health concerns of the pandemic.
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Linda Jacobson
Review of 41 California districts finds lack of adequate EL learning continuity plans
The report's findings from a small sample of districts suggest a need to focus on culturally competent family and student outreach and engagement.
By Naaz Modan • March 19, 2021 -
Study: Michigan reading law improving student literacy
Educators still question the law's requirement to retain students in 3rd grade who aren't reading at level, but they feel its literacy supports have helped.
By Shawna De La Rosa • March 17, 2021 -
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Roundup: How are schools inspiring and engaging students a year into the pandemic?
With schools nationwide transitioning from all-virtual back to in-person learning, we've gathered some of our recent coverage on best practices.
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Choice in school assessments can relieve student stress
By rethinking assessments, educators can offer students more options in how their learning is evaluated, writes a South Carolina teacher.
By Lauren Barack • March 17, 2021 -
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SXSW EDU: 4 effective ways to bring students of color back to learning
Meaningful relationships, engagement practices, mental health initiatives and policy reviews are among measures necessary to support students of color and other marginalized learners, panelists said.
By Naaz Modan • March 15, 2021 -
Breaks can boost concentration, memory for students stressed by pandemic
Recess and other regular breaks can help students recharge before getting back to learning, whether in school or learning from home, experts suggest.
By Lauren Barack • March 10, 2021 -
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Q&ACurricular Counsel: What factors are mitigating COVID-19 learning loss?
Kelly Rosario of Pennsylvania's Parkland School District said variables like parent engagement have been crucial to keeping schools on track.
By Roger Riddell • March 10, 2021 -
Permission granted by Umatilla School District
Report: High-dosage tutoring in Chicago improved high school math grades
The results of a University of Chicago Education Lab tutoring program show up to a 2.5-year gain in math instruction within one academic year.
By Naaz Modan • March 10, 2021 -
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Elementary reading development stalled during pandemic
Stanford researchers found the reading fluency of 2nd- and 3rd-graders was most affected, approximately 30% behind where it would typically be.
By Shawna De La Rosa • March 10, 2021 -
CDC/Alissa Eckert, MS. "covid-19 coronavirus on black background". Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/media/subtopic/images.htm.
Deep Dive8 ways a year of dueling crises is shaping the future of K-12 schools
The impacts of a pandemic disrupting school from the ground up and the nation's reckoning with systemic racism will be felt for years to come.
By Roger Riddell , Kara Arundel , Naaz Modan • March 10, 2021 -
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SXSW EDU: 3 key areas where COVID-19 challenged special education
Online learning accessibility has been a major barrier for students with disabilities and their teachers, but some progress has been made, speakers and attendees said Tuesday.
By Kara Arundel • March 10, 2021 -
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How teachers are inspiring students to read during the pandemic
Access to textbooks is difficult, but teachers are using creative ways — even recruiting NFL stars — to find reading resources and make literacy engaging.
By Kara Arundel • March 04, 2021 -
Cory Maloy
How to develop curriculum that reflects all students
Educators can introduce young students to culturally responsive material as soon as they begin their in-school education, one curriculum specialist writes.
By Lauren Barack • March 03, 2021 -
"State Capitol Building, USA, California, Sacramento" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pixy.
$1.1M civics framework launches with support from 6 former ed secretaries
Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and U.S. Department of Education, the Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy aims to strengthen civics and history education to improve discourse and heal divides.
By Shawna De La Rosa • March 03, 2021 -
State assessments must go on: How will districts prepare?
States must administer tests, with flexibilities, despite COVID-19, but education leaders say there are many hurdles to overcome even with options.
By Naaz Modan • Feb. 25, 2021 -
NASA
How to create more meaningful STEM lessons
Educators say hands-on and other projects, like coding a virtual Mars rover, can tie lessons to events in the world around students.
By Lauren Barack • Feb. 24, 2021 -
Reading Partners
Read-alouds can boost students' interest in books, strengthen literacy skills
A teacher writes that the activity gives students an opportunity to hear an adult model reading skills and can motivate them to take time to read for pleasure.
By Shawna De La Rosa • Feb. 24, 2021 -
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Project-based learning boosts achievement across demographics
Four studies show PBL approaches benefit students from varying racial, socioeconomic and reading proficiency backgrounds, educators and researchers said during a presentation.
By Kara Arundel • Feb. 24, 2021 -
What do sports, pizza, Pokémon and math have in common?
By linking math to students’ interests, educators can better engage them in their learning, writes one elementary school teacher.
By Lauren Barack • Feb. 17, 2021 -
Q&A
Curricular Counsel: Trust, options key to navigating PE amid COVID-19
Physical education curriculum specialist Brett Fuller discussed how to address student engagement and confidence, which are already difficult in-person but more so online.
By Roger Riddell • Feb. 17, 2021 -
Permission granted by Alabama Department of Early Childhood
Distance learning increases copyright risks for educators
The amount of content available online presented pitfalls pre-pandemic, making a basic understanding of copyright critical for educators, one expert says.
By Shawna De La Rosa • Feb. 17, 2021 -
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Using texts to boost Pre-K to 3 learning during the pandemic
Tennessee officials hope an early literacy texting pilot program in three-fourths of districts can help stem learning losses for the youngest learners.
By Naaz Modan • Feb. 17, 2021 -
What's behind The 1619 Project controversy?
Lawmakers in five states have introduced legislation to limit funds for schools teaching curriculum based on the award-winning New York Times long-form American history project, or to prohibit its teaching all together.
By Naaz Modan • Feb. 12, 2021
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