Curriculum & Instruction

Evidence about a product’s effectiveness can help district leaders decide which educational technologies or instructional resources to purchase and use. Mathematica Policy Research created a guide to help educators determine which claims can be trusted and which are less reliable. The following is a summary of evidence that educators are most likely to encounter, from […]

You will hear this word a lot in future literacy discussions: morphology, or the meaning of words. In a nutshell, the English spelling system is designed to represent both the sounds (phonemes) and word meaning (morphology). Researcher Jeffrey Bowers, professor of cognitive science at the University of Bristol in England, points out that English prioritizes […]

You've all read the effectiveness research that vendors include to show the value of their curricular products and programs, but not all curriculum evaluation studies are created equal.

Since implementing D3 (“Distributive, Dedicated, Dynamic”), the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township in Indiana has experienced many benefits from teacher collaboration. For example, special education faculty members now co-teach in general education classrooms and work with students who require additional support. Other teacher collaboration benefits include providing equity for the district’s large English language […]

Educators in North Dakota’s Northern Cass School District #97 lead two days of professional development for peers who wish to co-teach. “It’s usually held during the day as we try to limit the amount of before- or after-school training,” says Superintendent Cory Steiner, who also provides insights for these sessions. Full-time subs and other administrators […]

Professional learning, development and growth is an established practice across all professions and disciplines. In education, the stakes might even be higher. Not only do educators need to keep pace with the latest practices and technologies, but they also need to model what they demand from their students: lifelong learning. If we ask most educators […]