Course corrections
To make sense of contemporary debates about the curriculum, it’s useful to look all the way back...
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Tag: March 2019
The need to catalyze change in high school mathematics
The high school mathematics curriculum needs to be reformed to encourage all students to...
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An improvement plan is not enough — you need a strategy
When making plans for how to meet their goals, administrators sometimes neglect to think...
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The problem with the expanding horizons model for history curricula
The predominant model for teaching history lacks coherence and is built on incorrect assumptions...
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Rediscovering the middle school mission
Interdisciplinary curricula — such as STEM, STEAM, and STREAM — can help middle schools return to...
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Don’t eliminate homework. Make it more effective
Find ways to give students feedback as they work. A 10-year-old in Colorado dialed 911 last April...
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Standards, instructional objectives, and curriculum design: A complex relationship
The history of educational standards and objectives offers insights into how we might effectively...
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What is English? Who decides? An interview with Lisa Scherff
Kappan’s editor talks with high school English teacher and researcher Lisa Scherff about the...
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The legal balancing act over public school curriculum
Determining the legality of school curricular policies requires courts to weigh the interests of...
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No hope from Betsy DeVos
The Department of Education’s efforts to limit oversight of for-profit colleges and soften civil...
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Student-empowered curricular change
Asking students what they want to learn leads a school to make changes that give students touched by trauma a new sense of control.
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Toward more effective data use in teaching
To make the best use of data, educators must go beyond the big tests and involve teachers and...
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