On Feb. 1, Education Week readers questioned Marshall S. Smith, the U.S. undersecretary of education during the Clinton administration and now the program director for education at the William and ...

Creating consistency between classrooms and ensuring curriculum alignment school-wide can be challenging, even in the smallest of districts. Every educator teaches–and grades–differently based on ...

While headlines around the country have referred to the move toward standards-based education in public schools as a “revolution,” the Roaring Fork School District Re-1 views it more as an “evolution.

High school cadets will be marching to the tune of standards-based school initiatives beginning in the fall. The Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps will unveil a new curriculum that is ...

The Warrensville Heights City School District is the latest local school district to transition from letter grades to a standards-based grading system intended to wring personality issues and ...

Apr. 13—Alette HahnHansen repeats a short phrase to keep herself motivated: "Oscar, doctor, president." The 17-year-old, a junior at Santa Fe High School, hopes to win an Oscar, earn a doctorate and ...

The new grading scale assesses students based on specific learning goals and largely removes homework from the grading equation.

This past school year, standards-based grading and learning was fully implemented at Battle Mountain and Eagle Valley high schools. Over the past several years, Eagle County School District has ...

On Feb. 8, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing will be considering significant revisions to the California Standards for the Teaching Profession, the framework that helps define common ...

Education in the United States operates within a complex system. It is difficult to focus on any particular component without considering how it is influenced by and, in turn, influences other parts ...

Educators need evidence drawn from research to help them implement and justify inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning science. Many science teachers, for example, question why they should ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Alette HahnHansen repeats a short phrase to keep herself motivated: “Oscar, doctor, president.” The 17-year-old, ...