Curriculum & Instruction

What will drive more urgency around career prep in 2024?

Pressures on the wider U.S. workforce caused by a lack of workers with the requisite skills will drive more collaboration between K12 schools and employers.

Are instructional materials too challenging for students? Some teachers think so

"Education leaders should work not only to keep materials in place but also to form coherent instructional systems around them," a new report reads. However, relying on teachers to use them with integrity remains a challenge.

Book bans are the new “Scarlet Letter” anti-censorship group warns

Authors are becoming regular targets of copycat bans after just one of their titles is removed from a library's shelves, according to the new "Spineless Shelves" report from PEN America.

Reading as a remedy: One of the best ways to build resilience in students

Reading and access to books help children build resilience and can have a positive impact on overall mental and physical health, the latest research shows.

This district figured out how a community can energize tutoring

Leaders in Oakland USD in California have turned to the community to find paraprofessionals who can help teachers by providing additional personalized instruction in early literacy.

Redefining math by answering “When are we ever gonna use this?” in new ways

We can motivate students to have a more positive mindset about the goals and purpose of math through community buy-in, professional learning and the right resources.

Teaching civics has never been more important. Our republic depends on it

Today’s high school and college students will be the generation tasked with making serious decisions about the direction and fate of the country.

New elementary and middle school rankings take a deeper look at test scores

New rankings of the nation's best elementary and middle schools consider demographics and other factors within individual states.

Celebrating multilingualism to unlock the potential of family engagement

The tremendous linguistic diversity present in our school communities necessitates intentional support to facilitate ongoing communication and trusted partnerships.

Making sense of the science of reading in a New Jersey school district

Our teachers are more confident and our students are more engaged as they are seeing themselves as readers and writers. The non-negotiables are constant professional development, materials/resources, coaching, modeling and a high expectation of fidelity.

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