Curriculum Matters March 2010: Debate Brews Over States' Social Studies Standards

[Howard Hartman]

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	March 2010
Top Story TOP + Debate Brews Over States' Social Studies Standards As Texas, North Carolina, and Ohio rewrite their social studies standards, the expectations around history are stirring controversy. (Education Week) More Stories TOP More curriculum-related stories from Education Week. + NAEP Reading Results Deemed Disappointing In the latest administration of the test, 8th graders gained 1 point, while 4th graders’ scores were unchanged from 2007. (Education Week) + Boys Trail Girls in Reading Across States In reading proficiency, boys lag by at least 10 percentage points in some states, while girls have caught up in math, another study finds. (Education Week) + Draft Common Standards Elicit Kudos and Criticism The draft tries to describe the grade-by-grade skills and knowledge students need in English and math to thrive after high school. (Education Week) + Obama Wants to Consolidate Curriculum Programs The president's budget plan would put all programs into three competitive-grant funds—for literacy, STEM, and a catchall category. (Education Week) Commentary + Does NCLB Promote Monolingualism? At a time when other nations are teaching their children multiple foreign languages, writes Rosemary Salomone, America remains English-dependent. (Education Week) Click here to view all of Education Week's curriculum and learning stories. Report Roundup TOP • Identifying ELLs With Disabilities School district officials think teachers tend to be too quick to refer English-language learners to special education, while teachers think administrators tend to wait too long to make a referral, according to a study. • Scientists Get Hooked on Science Early on, a Study Says A new study finds that scientists' initial interest in their subject is often sparked before they enter middle school. Read more Report Roundups. Featured Blogs TOP Curriculum Matters Veteran Education Week reporters Catherine Gewertz and Erik Robelen bring you news and analysis of issues at the core of classroom learning. Recent Posts: • Which Democrat Restored Sexual-Abstinence Program? • Comments Pouring in on Common Standards, But You Won't See Them • A New Vision of Career Technical Education • By Adding an ‘A’ for Arts to STEM, a New Acronym Is Born Inside School Research Veteran reporter Debra Viadero dissects findings affecting schools and shares news about education research for audiences extending far beyond the Ivory Tower. Recent Posts: • Report Takes Second Look at Stalled NAEP Scores • Seeing Letters A or F Shown to Sway Test Scores See a full list of edweek.org blogs. 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