Curriculum Matters August 2010: Curriculum Producers Work to Reflect New Standards

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	August 2010
Top Story TOP + Curriculum Producers Work to Reflect New Standards As commercial vendors and nonprofit groups respond to the common standards, advocates wonder whether alignment claims are on target. (Education Week) For more on common standards, visit the Curriculum Matters blog. More Stories TOP More curriculum-related stories from Education Week. + More Minorities Taking ACT, but Score Gaps Persist Hispanic and black students, compared with whites and Asians, were less likely to score at levels predictive of college success. (Education Week) + Arizona, Tucson at Odds Over Ethnic Studies The state schools chief says ethnic-studies classes violate a new law and threatens to cut aid to the district. (Education Week) + More Than Two-Thirds of States Adopt Core Standards Massachusetts and California are among those agreeing to teach to the same math and English/language arts benchmarks. • Curriculum Matters Blog: Common-Standards Watch: Delaware Makes 37 (Education Week) Commentary + The Confusion at the Core of the Core Standards Deciding who should teach the goals of language arts instruction is as ambiguous as ever, writes Rafael Heller. (Education Week) Commentary + Public Media's Impact on Young Readers Policymakers may be overlooking one promising route to improving the literacy of low-income children, writes Susan B. Neuman. (Education Week) View all of Education Week's curriculum and instruction stories. Featured Blogs TOP Curriculum Matters A wide-ranging forum for discussing school curriculum across the subject areas with Education Week reporters Catherine Gewertz and Erik Robelen. Recent Posts: • Race to Top Winners: Implications for Assessment Contest • STEM Education to Get Boost From Race to Top Winners • Federal-Intrusion Talk on Common Standards: A Win-Win? Inside School Research Join reporter Sarah Sparks in a discussion of the politics, personalities, and p-values in education studies, as she helps bring research out of the lab and into the classroom. Recent Post: • Studies Show Why Students Study Is as Important as What • Study: Could State Exams Replace the SAT? Teacher Beat Stephen Sawchuk, a former federal education beat writer, turns his inner policy geek to digging around in the weeds of the teaching profession. Recent Posts: • Wash. Math, Science Teachers Paid Less Than Colleagues, Study Finds Learning the Language Mary Ann Zehr is an assistant editor at Education Week. She tackles difficult policy questions, explores learning innovations, and shares stories about different cultural groups on her beat. Recent Posts: • Researchers: How to Design Secondary Courses for ELLs • How to Improve Nonverbal Ability Tests for ELLs On Special Education Education Week reporter Christina A. Samuels tracks news and trends of interest to the special education community, including administrators, teachers, and parents. Recent Post: • Reading Tests: Know What You're Measuring See a full list of edweek.org blogs. Upcoming Webinar TOP Evaluating E-Educators' Evolving Skills Thursday, September 23, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time As the popularity of virtual education grows, online schools and states are honing their ideas for how e-educators should be trained and evaluated. Join us for a discussion about evolving best practices in this area. Register now. Education Week Spotlight TOP Spotlight on Middle and High School Literacy Many educators are learning that it's not just young children who need help with literacy skills. This FREE Spotlight explores unique strategies and programs for working on literacy with middle and high school students. Get it now. View the complete collection of Education Week Spotlights here.	Advertisement View All Top School Jobs + Director of Governmental Affairs, Experience Corps, Washington,DC Advertisement Education Week Events TOP New Orleans Schools: Five Years After Chat Aug. 27, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Sign up for e-mail reminder. Unleashing Technology to Personalize Learning Live Event Oct. 5, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Washington, DC Register now. Unleashing Technology to Personalize Learning Live Event Oct. 8, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Greater Boston, MA Register now. Advertisement Advertisement K-12 Industry Solutions White Papers Planning Guide for Online Learning Blackboard K-12 Campus Management Systems: Special Report SAS What Lies Beneath: Waste APQC Education Importance of Social Networking for Educators Elluminate Help Struggling Readers with a 3-Step Process Recorded Books Improving Literacy in 10 Minutes a Day Take 10 Reading
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