Curriculum & Instruction

Schools fail to adequately teach the history of American slavery, partly because teachers lack the preparation to cover it, according to a recent study from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Also, students have little basic knowledge about the role slavery played in shaping the nation: Only 8 percent of high school seniors surveyed could identify […]

New California laws make the state first in the nation to adopt human trafficking and sexual abuse prevention education and training for students and teachers. The California Healthy Youth Act, passed in 2016, requires districts to provide comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention education, including lessons on sex trafficking. In 2017, the governor amended the […]

When hiring teachers, districts are more likely to select better candidates if they use screening tools designed to align closely with actual classroom experiences and expectations, according to a recent study of Los Angeles USD undertaken by CALDER, an education policy arm of the American Institutes for Research. A hiring process that reflects specific classroom […]

Educators and school administrators want touchscreen panels and projectors that not only display content, but support audience participation during presentations. Multiple users can now mirror their device's screen onto displays and stream presented content onto their phones, tablets or computers. Routers allow the transfer of content from a presentation system to multiple devices within a […]

Too many students graduate high school unprepared for college and career. There is a disconnect between what they know when they leave high school and what they are expected to know when they enter college and the workplace. They lack vital communications and critical thinking skills as well as real-world experiences. So, how do you […]

Fertilizing "floating" plants with nitrogen-rich fish feces provides real-life chemistry, biology and engineering lessons to high school students working in Baltimore Polytechnic Institute's aquaponic laboratory. Students manage four 200-gallon tanks of tilapia and yellow perch (which provide the fertilizer) as well as two 15-foot plant beds of fruits and vegetables. Because this required constant water […]