Curriculum & Instruction

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Commentary
6.27.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Does the Common Core overcomplicate text selection?

Kathleen Porter-Magee

The guidance that’s starting to emerge about how teachers can best select “grade-appropriate” texts may actually end up undermining the Common Core’s emphasis on improving the quality and rigor of the texts students are reading.

Commentary
6.20.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Three persistent myths about science education

Paul Gross

Guest blogger Paul Gross addresses the enduring (and false) belief that scientific reasoning is separable from the content of science.

Commentary
6.15.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

"Just right" books revisited: 3 ways we undermine student learning

Kathleen Porter-Magee

In the end, the “just right” theory of reading instruction is focused on the right goal—having students read independently and with deep understanding. But the way it tries to get there may be exactly what is holding our students back from achieving at the levels they need.

Commentary
6.8.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

The fiction fallacy

Kathleen Porter-Magee

The Common Core ELA standards are right to takes on one of the most prominent and often fiercely defended fallacies in American education: that fiction is the only—or perhaps even the best—way to develop students’ love of reading, learning, and critical comprehension skills.

Commentary
5.25.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Content matters: The real lessons we need to draw from elite schools

Kathleen Porter-Magee

Yes, let’s find ways to drive better discussions in the classroom. But let’s also recognize that what makes those discussions work in America’s elite private schools is that they are built atop of solid foundation of rigorous content and hours and hours of practice.

Commentary
5.21.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

"Devil's in the details"

Aaron Churchill

Ohio educators talk about the promise and challenges of implementing the Common Core.

Commentary
5.8.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Early reports from the heartland show support for the Common Core

Terry Ryan

The report, Future Shock: Early Common Core Lessons from Ohio Implementers, will be released next week, but some of Belcher’s findings are worth reporting early because this is such a burning issue for schools and educators across the state.

Commentary
5.8.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Set high goals for all of our students

Kathleen Porter-Magee

There is a saying among high performing schools that there is no 100 percent solution to helping students learn. Instead, there are a hundred 1 percent solutions that add up to big results. The same is true in the world of education policy.

Commentary
4.24.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Off The Clock: What More Time Can (And Can’t) Do For School Turnarounds

Hanif Abdurraqib

Billions of dollars are being spent to increase learning time in struggling schools through Extended Learning Time (ELT). “ELT,” which the  U.S. Department of Education defines as the use of a longer school day, week, or year, is a key component of the School Improvement Grant program aimed at turning around failing public schools.

Commentary
4.18.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Are "just right" books right for the Common Core?

Kathleen Porter-Magee

In the 1990s, much of the fireworks in the education policy debate centered around a “reading war” where supporters of whole language squared off against the forces of phonics. Now, in the Common Core era, I predict a similar firestorm is on the horizon.

Commentary
4.13.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

You heard that right

Arthur McKee, Kate Walsh

NCTQ's Kate Walsh and Arthur McKee explain the significance of the Brookings Institution's recent report, "Choosing Blindly: Instructional Materials, Teacher Effectiveness, and the Common Core."