The implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) across the country necessitates revising the English curriculum, asking teachers to incorporate and analyze more perspectives in the classroom as society becomes more diverse. The authors wondered if this reform might provide an opportunity to examine social equity by studying an anchor…

The article identifies some key findings in pedagogical research over recent decades, placing them within a framework of logical curriculum development and current practice in quality assurance and enhancement. Throughout, the ideas and comments are related to the practice of teaching classics in university. (Contains 1 figure and 3 notes.)

The "New Humanities" has called for new ways of engaging with Humanities texts; the European Science Foundation is just one major research funder to demand that the Humanities contribute to interdisciplinary collaborations. Meanwhile, traditionally trained disciplinary academics have resisted bringing traditional texts into…

A hypothetical conversation with Euclid engenders the concept of rooting education in instruction that is both affirmative and dimensional. The curriculum should reflect the material context in which we live rather than abstract theory shrouded in social, political, psychological, and linguistic verbiage. (Author/WD)

Examines the contributions of John Churton Collins of Birmingham University to the establishment of English literature as an academic subject in the universities of late Victorian England. (SJL)

The importance of cultural education in Latin programs is illustrated in remarks concerning language, literature, and archaeology. (RL)

This report on the current situation in the teaching of the classics in England is intended primarily for curriculum planners in secondary education. Trends in research and changes now developing in the approach to classics instruction are outlined. Discussion focuses on: (1) educational trends and instructional objectives in the classics, (2) the…