There was a government report on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education released over the past few days. The report, combined with the National Research Council's project which has developed a Conceptual Framework for a New Generation of...
In today's culture of reform, it is governors, corporate leaders, politicians, and a few organizations founded and funded by the previous mentioned groups--people who know little of teaching and learning--that are determining the direction of reform. And that reform...
In today's culture of reform, it is governors, corporate leaders, politicians, and a few organizations founded and funded by the previous mentioned groups--people who know little of teaching and learning--that are determining the direction of reform. And that reform...
For several days, I have been writing about the movement to standardize the curriculum, indeed, to develop a single set of standards for the entire nation---15,000 school districts. So far, Achieve.org has written the Common Core Standards in Mathematics and Reading,...
Yesterday I wrote about the drive to "standardize" curriculum in the U.S. through the implementation of Common Core Standards. Already, we have the Common Core Standards in Mathematics and Reading, and National Research Council has hired Achieve (the same...
In the most recent issue of NSTA Reports (National Science Teachers Association), Francis Eberle, NSTA Executive Director wrote an opinion piece entitled First Steps Toward New Science Standards. Although not an official position of the NSTA membership, the article...
