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City schools to revisit curriculum planning

Mon, 28 May 2007 18:00:00 EDT

The Pittsburgh Public Schools has ordered substantial revisions to correct deficiencies in courses and tests that were rolled out this school year in the first phase of an $8.4 million curriculum overhaul.

Portland School Board approves new curriculum materials

Mon, 21 May 2007 18:00:00 EDT

Reading lessons will look more alike in both rich and poor elementary schools next year, and high school students will learn from updated science, history, government and literature textbooks, after the Portland School Board approved new curriculum materials tonight.

New science A-levels are 'dumbed down'

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:00:00 EDT

New science A-levels are being "dumbed down" to such an extent that some courses will demand no prior knowledge of the subject. Draft syllabuses for chemistry and biology published by one exam board state that the first part of the qualification, the AS-level, can be tackled without the candidate having studied the subject before.

A CORE CURRICULUM

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:00:00 EST

Classroom uniformity does not equal equity
Portland Public Schools administrators are in the process of pushing through a core curriculum aimed at offering the same courses at all district secondary schools. Among the primary rationales for this experiment are concerns about student mobility and the belief that common course sequences, common textbooks and common assessment procedures will assure a comparable education wherever PPS students attend school.

Educator equates algebra, success

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:00:00 EST

Professor and civil rights advocate Bob Moses visits city to push math model.
Bob Moses sees algebra as a civil rights issue -- if poor children don't learn high-level math, he argues, they'll never get the jobs they need as adults to pull themselves out of poverty....

Gregoire proposal would aid math, science

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:00:00 EST

Two weeks after recommending a delay in math requirements for high-school graduates, Gov. Christine Gregoire on Monday announced a $197...

Reshaping how elementary schools teach science

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:00:00 EST

At a time when colleges are looking for better ways to train prospective teachers and school systems are striving to improve math and science education, a research team at the University of Rhode Island is pursuing both those goals — reshaping how elementary teachers teach science.

Evolution, 'design' are still hot topics

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:00:00 EST

There's no legal or scientific room for teaching Intelligent Design in public schools, National Center for Science Education executive director Eugenie Scott told a science teachers convention in Salt Lake City Thursday.

Cameron: focus on core school subjects

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:00:00 EST

A return to the days when history and foreign languages were compulsory for all children up until the age of 16 could be on the cards if the Conservatives win the next election.

Schools Mull Cutting Down on Math Topics-- Topics = Better Instruction

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:00:00 EST

By Daniel de Vise
A typical state math curriculum runs a mile wide and an inch deep, resulting in students being introduced to too many concepts but mastering too few, report says.