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Curriculum & Instruction

9 ways to partner with businesses to boost CTE programs

Casey Welch -
Businesses will derive significant benefits from developing strong relationships with your school, your students and your CTE programs. 

How to expand access to advanced high school math

Matt Zalaznick -
Most high school math curricula feature Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II but access to Advanced Placement courses is less common, especially in small and rural high schools and those in which a majority of the students live in poverty, new analysis reveals.

Educational requirements for jobs are starting to disappear. How is K12 responding?

Micah Ward -
In fact, in the last five years the share of job postings that require at least a college degree fell from 20.4% to 17.8%, according to Indeed. Are schools adapting to this trend?

Superintendents, get excited. Here’s how to teach about the eclipse

Matt Zalaznick -
If your school district is in the "path of totality" for this spring's solar eclipse, you and your community are in line for a once-in-a-liftetime learning experience.

Preparing teachers in community colleges makes sense—and cents

Hans A. Andrews and Greg Rockhold -
Community and technical colleges have helped shorten the time to obtain a degree for hundreds of thousands of secondary school students. The importance of these programs in terms of time to degree for the possibility of preparing baccalaureate degree teachers is paramount.

School boards are now spending more time on these 5 topics

Matt Zalaznick -
Is your school board focused on the same topics that are of growing concern at their counterparts' meetings in other districts and states?

To get the most out of summer reading, keep it on the calendar all year

Claire Hagen Alvarado -
Planning for summer reading right off the bat establishes it as something that happens consistently every year, rather than a one-off project for the coming summer.

Buzzword watch: ‘Durable skills’ are the new soft skills

Matt Zalaznick -
Soft skills nudged the phrase 21st century skills out of the K12 lexicon and now it's being replaced by this latest college-and-career-oriented buzzword: Durable skills.

Superintendent spotlight: Learning from CEOs and defending public education

Matt Zalaznick -
"We have not yet arrived but we are certainly on our way," is how Superintendent Michael Daria describes, enthusiastically and honestly, the progress students are making at Tuscaloosa City Schools in Alabama.

Analysis: Big strides are being made toward universal pre-K

Matt Zalaznick -
Ask a lot of superintendents—and we do—and they'll say that quality preschool experiences are key to most students' success in K12. Read on for some good news about early learning.

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