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Agriculture education grows in the city

By Steven Blackburn

Barely 5 miles from the hustle and bustle of LaGuardia Airport in Queens, students at John Browne High School in Flushing are plowing and tilling a field, tending to chickens and picking apples to sell. While John Browne is the only New York City high school with a dedicated agriculture department, many other urban schools—such […]

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February 09, 2017

Showing K12 students they can “get smart”

As founder of Research for Better Teaching— an organization dedicated to improving instruction and leadership— Jon Saphier says underperforming students need to believe that “smart is something you can get.” As founder of Research for Better Teaching— an organization dedicated to improving instruction and leadership— Jon Saphier says underperforming students need to believe that “smart is something […]

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February 08, 2017

K12 sex ed goes beyond the birds and bees

High school students in the tiny Magazine School District in Arkansas receive three hours of sex education a year in grades 9 through 12—an approach that Superintendent Brett Bunch acknowledges is inadequate.

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January 27, 2017

K12 educators, lawmakers divided over graduation tests

Efforts to implement new high school graduation exams in Ohio and New Jersey are faltering, as some educators grow more concerned about the number of students struggling to meet the strict requirements. In Ohio, more than one-third of juniors have yet to earn the scores they need from the seven exams they must pass to […]

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January 26, 2017

Schools try to remove stress of class rankings

Millard Public Schools near Omaha, Nebraska, will switch to a college-like ranking system that designates graduates as magna cum laude, summa cum laude and cum laude. This was after administrators there discovered students had been loading their school-year schedules with honors and AP classes, and taking required, unweighted courses during summer school. “We want students […]

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January 20, 2017

Finnish-ing touches on education

In the latest round of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) exam, given to more than 500,000 15-year-olds in 72 nations, students in the U.S. once again scored in the middle of the pack—and below average in math—raising concerns and sending educators looking for answers. The search often turns to the top of the […]

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January 19, 2017

Schools' team effort paves way for personalized learning

As a leader in a school system today, it can be difficult to make the choice to move forward with a districtwide change, knowing that the team around you may not fully endorse your decision. As a leader in a school system today, it can be difficult to make the choice to move forward with a districtwide […]

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January 18, 2017

Successful education requires a stronger student voice

If you want to know what motivates students—and teachers and administrators, for that matter—Russell Quaglia says you have to go to the source. Quaglia has spent years collecting information about “school voice”—that is, what these three groups think about their schools. The latest incarnation of this work is the Student Voice Survey. With different versions […]

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Curriculum & Instruction

Top Curriculum & Instruction Stories

Agriculture education grows in the city

Gauging the danger schools face

Books about helping students succeed in school

Curriculum & Instruction Stories

Showing K12 students they can “get smart”

K12 sex ed goes beyond the birds and bees

K12 educators, lawmakers divided over graduation tests

Schools try to remove stress of class rankings

Finnish-ing touches on education

Schools&#039; team effort paves way for personalized learning

Successful education requires a stronger student voice

Schools' team effort paves way for personalized learning