Help Wanted: Coalition Seeks Writers for New Arts Standards
The coalition is seeking 10 experts each in the areas of dance, theater, visual arts, and music.
The coalition is seeking 10 experts each in the areas of dance, theater, visual arts, and music.
The analysis suggests engineering and technology may be given undue prominence in the framework for new science standards.
Commentators and scholars air views on the common standards in math, and critique two groups' content frameworks and test specifications.
The U.S. Department of Education will closely evaluate states' plans to adopt college- and career-ready academic standards and tests.
Although most states received a failing grade, Alabama, Florida, and New York earned an 'A' in the new study.
If states want waivers from key NCLB provisions, the Education Department will require them to report annually on their students' and schools' college-going and college-credit-accumulation rates.
A new report from the University of Chicago takes a close look at teaching artists in schools, suggesting they hold great potential to enhance arts education and learning more broadly.
A New York City teacher sees common-standards opportunities in the Republican debates.
The 20 participating states span the country, from California and Arizona to Michigan and Maryland.
The new report from several civics-education groups suggests that schools play a key role in strengthening U.S. democracy.
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