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Some people are making a difference by creating and promoting outstanding curricula. Others are operating exemplary schools. And still more are improving the classroom experience in a variety of ways.
Massachusetts Department of Education outlines curriculum frameworks for history and English.
People
Common Core Executive Director Lynne Munson speaks with Susan Jacoby about her new book, The Age of American Unreason, on NPR. Listen to their discussion.
State Standards
California State Board of Education lists academic content standards for social science, K–12.Massachusetts Department of Education outlines curriculum frameworks for history and English.
Curricula
Calvert School combines early skill building with classical knowledge.Chandler Preparatory Academy, Phoenix, AZ.
Core Knowledge Resources provides a guide to shared content for greater excellence and fairness in education.
International Baccalaureate offers three programs of international education for ages 3 to 19. To learn about the International Baccalaureate in action, visit Rufus King High School’s website. Rufus King is a public school in Milwaukee, WI, with one of the oldest International Baccalaureate programs in the nation.
K12 works to enable mastery of core concepts and skills for all kinds of children’s minds.
Programs
Education Through Music integrates music into the curricula of disadvantaged schools to enhance academic performance and general development.Junior Great Books program helps develop essential literacy skills.
NEH’s Picturing America allows people of all ages to learn about our nation’s heritage through some of our greatest works of art.
Shakespeare & Company’s Education Program brings Shakespeare alive to more than 40,000 students and teachers each year.
Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning provides drama, music, and movement education for children 3–5 and their teachers and families.
FEBRUARY 26, 2008 — New Common Core report shows a nation STILL AT RISK. Nearly a quarter of students polled could not identify Adolf Hitler and half had no idea what the Renaissance was. To learn more read the report, press release or today's issue of USA TODAY.
Truest things are often said in jest. To wit, The Onion.
CONVERSATION: Common Core Executive Director Lynne Munson speaks with Susan Jacoby about her new book, The Age of American Unreason, on NPR. (cont'd)
VIDEO WATCH: MSN's No One Wants to Look Dumb campaign strikes a chord. (cont'd)
CAMPAIGN FILE: Sen. Barack Obama said “One of the problems with No Child Left Behind is that it has become so reliant on a standardized test model that—first of all—subjects like history and social studies have gotten pushed aside. Arts and music time is no longer there. So the child is not having the well-rounded educational experience I benefited from and most in my generation benefited from.” (cont'd)
