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Luona Lin; Juliana Horowitz; Kiley Hurst; Dana Braga – Pew Research Center, 2024
Amid national debates about what schools are teaching, Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand how public K-12 teachers, teens and the American public see topics related to race, sexual orientation and gender identity playing out in the classroom. The bulk of the analysis in this report is based on an online survey of 2,531…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Elementary Secondary Education, Racism, Equal Education
Leighton, Mary S.; Mullens, John E.; Turnbull, Brenda; Weiner, Lisa K.; Williams, Angela S. – 1995
The four papers in this volume are four parts of a series on the status of recent work on measuring instruction, curriculum content, and instructional resources. These papers are intended to identify aspects of instruction, to analyze the approaches used in several leading studies, and to describe the implications of recent work for National…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Content Analysis, Course Content, Data Collection
Hurlbert, C. Mark, Ed.; Totten, Samuel, Ed. – 1992
This book presents articles from 25 concerned teachers and professors explaining why and how they integrate inquiry into troubling social issues with the study of language and literature and make it the subject of discussion and writing-to-learn activities. The titles and authors of the 19 contributions to the book are: (1) "Educating for the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Conflict Resolution, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Secondary Education
Fact Finders, Inc., Delmar, NY. – 1991
Public opinion about multicultural education in New York State was surveyed with samples ranging from about 200 to over 900 citizens. Three quarters of New York State residents believe that teaching the common heritage and values that Americans share is a very important goal of public education. There is some support for teaching history from the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Klein, M. Frances – 1980
Elementary and secondary school teachers were asked to rate the sources that influence their decisions on what they teach in their subject areas. Possible influential sources were identified as: (1) district consultants; (2) state or district recommended textbooks; (3) state curriculum guides; (4) commercially prepared materials; (5) teachers' own…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Sleeter, Christine E.; Grant, Carl A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Provides numerous statistics on the unequal distribution of power and wealth among men, women, and minorities of the same educational levels. Argues for (1) the teaching of skills and content that will help students control their own destinies and (2) a cooperative social environment within each classroom. Appended are 13 references. (IW)
Descriptors: Blacks, Change Strategies, Course Content, Curriculum Development