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Download full textMaryland State Department of Education, 2010
In November 2004, State Superintendent of Schools Nancy S. Grasmick convened the Maryland Social Studies Task Force. The Task Force was charged with examining issues related to social studies education and recommending ways to improve social studies instruction in Maryland's public schools. The Task Force formed four Subcommittees, each examining…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Program Effectiveness, Professional Development
Brown, Carolyn – Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2009
In 2007, the federal government appointed a group of education professionals, researchers, and stakeholders to study and advise on ways to "foster greater knowledge of an improved performance in mathematics among American students...with respect to the conduct, evaluation and effective use of the results of research relating to proven-effective…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Learning Processes, Federal Government
LePage, Pamela; Courey, Sue; Fearn, Emilene J.; Benson, Vicki; Cook, Ellen; Hartmann, Liz; Nielsen, Shelley – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2010
In 1989, the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) published "The Knowledge Base for the Beginner Teacher". More than a decade later, teachers, teacher educators and scholars from across the country came together to revise and refine the curriculum in teacher education. This article focuses on the recommendations of the…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Inclusion
Direct linkSheppard, Keith; Robbins, Dennis M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
This essay describes how in the 1890s the Committee of Ten arrived at their recommendations about the organization of the high school biological sciences and seeks to correct the frequently held, but erroneous view that the Committee of Ten was the initiator of the Biology-Chemistry-Physics order of teaching sciences prevalent in high schools…
Descriptors: Biology, Secondary School Curriculum, Intellectual History, Science Education History
Parker, Jan – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2007
Humanities-based speakers and delegates to the European Commission conference on "Social Sciences and Humanities in Europe: New Challenges, New Opportunities" gathered at the end of the meeting to develop a proactive Humanities special interest group. The result was a round-table conference organized by the Humanities Higher Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Humanities, Research Reports
Peer reviewedGates, Philip E. – Educational Leadership, 1980
A 46-member commission that reviewed every course in the Scottsdale (Arizona) high schools recommended new graduation requirements and a way to protect curriculum priorities. (Author)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Declining Enrollment, Educational Change, Hearings
Dark, Melissa Jane; Ekstrom, Joseph J.; Lunt, Barry M. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2006
In December 2001 a meeting of interested parties from fifteen four-year IT programs from the US along with representatives from IEEE, ACM, and ABET (CITC-1) began work on the formalization of Information Technology as an accredited academic discipline. The effort has evolved into SIGITE, the ACM SIG for Information Technology Education. During…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Information Technology, Technology Education, Information Science Education
Peer reviewedBranham, Linette A. – Journal of Staff Development, 1990
Five Connecticut school districts formed math research teams to participate in a three-year project involving intensive curriculum evaluation and development. Training and long-term technical assistance provided skills and support for evaluating and revising their math curriculum. Professional development was tied closely to teachers' interest in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education
