BOSTON — As lawmakers heard testimony Monday on an initiative petition that would repeal the Common Core standards in Massachusetts, education officials launched a feedback initiative to allow the ...

Curriculum and related frameworks (conceptual underpinnings or guiding principles for curriculum design), as well as materials, instruction, and assessment aligned with strong curricula—are critical ...

As the draft common standards undergo their final revisions, many minds are turning to the question of how to put them into practice in classrooms. But as a recent meeting of leading educators and ...

Education experts have long argued for rigorous state standards on the theory they’ll lead to better curriculum—and higher student achievement. But in most of the U.S., literacy standards have only ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) The Common Core State Standards state what students should master, but they are not a curriculum. Jumping from the ...

Calls for shared curricula for the common standards have triggered renewed debates about who decides what students learn, and even about varied meanings of the word “curriculum,” adding layers of ...

The State Board of Education on Tuesday released its new draft science framework, the first update to guidelines for teaching science in California in 11 years. The board will collect public comments ...

Massachusetts students will receive sex and health education that is intended to be more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community and teach about bodily autonomy, mental and emotional health, dating safety, ...

NEW BEDFORD — While area schools follow outdated sex education curriculum guidelines from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, some districts and schools are making strides in ...