Curriculum storyboards frame learning in clear, compelling ways for students and caregivers. By presenting curricula narratively, students can better grasp connections among concepts and picture learning as a process. Authors and education consultants Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Allison Zmuda share how educators can use storyboarding as a tool to…

Creating a coherent, high-quality curriculum--one that all teachers in a school or department use--can narrow gaps and raise overall achievement. Mike Schmoker makes the case for the primacy of curriculum and describes a process teacher teams can use to create a common, high-quality curriculum.

Questions that challenge the curriculum can put educators on the defensive. Lauren Porosoff discusses helpful ways that educators can be proactive about creating productive and meaningful conversations with parents and community members about curriculum choices and the reasons behind them.

Author and education nonprofit leader Lynne Munson recounts how she helped steer an ambitious curriculum development initiative that worked directly in concert with teachers. More than a decade later, district leaders have learned much more about how coherent, classroom-tested, and teacher-supported curricula can transform student learning. With…

To engage all learners, schools must offer career-pathway courses that combine academics and deeper learning. Gene Bottoms, until recently head of the Southern Regional Education Board, describes a transformation he believes must happen in US high schools--adopting curriculums that include intellectual rigor in career and technical education (CTE)…

When state leaders and national partners in the development of the Next Generation Science Standards met to consider implementation strategies, states and school districts wanted to know which materials were aligned to the new standards. The answer from the developers was short but not sweet: You won't find much now, and it's going to…

Educational leaders must learn to identify influences and pressures and to deal with them with tact and skill while marshaling solid community support and understanding. (Author/IRT)

Charles Suhor, deputy executive director of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), responds to Allan Glatthorn's charge that the NCTE is reluctant to offer specific recommendations about curricular content. (TE)

Offers tenets to help curriculum developers dodge the "landmines" that ruin curriculum development efforts. (Author)

Evanston's new civic education units all deal with examples of inhumanity. Primary source documents, simulations, and discussions are used to open up the students' minds about human rights and responsibilities. (Author/MLF)

An inventor, who is also a patent lawyer, has developed a step-by-step process to teach students to invent solutions to problems. (MLF)

Outlines a planned program of multicultural education that begins in the primary grades and continues throughout secondary schools. (Author/MLF)

Cites some examples of programs in which students develop basic skills in connection with meaningful activities. (Author/MLF)

The author describes a seven-part process model she used in planning alternative programs in response to changing student needs. (IRT)