This paper critically examines the White Paper, "Opportunity for all," published by the UK Government's Department for Education (DfE) in March 2022. This has a number of recommendations for schools in an attempt to 'level up'. In particular, there is a promise to deliver 'a fully trust-led system with a single regulatory approach [and]…

Computer science (CS) education helps students acquire skills such as computational thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration, among others. As these skills take preeminence in the rapidly changing 21st century, CS education promises to significantly enhance student preparedness for the future of work and active citizenship. Based on prior…

The national curriculum reformers, regarded as members of the social elites and intellectuals, projected their vision of identity onto the curriculum which they constructed and influenced the next generation's national consciousness. In the tangled relationship between politics and education, the selection of the reformers in a sense dictates the…

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is one of the world's leading educational research centres. ACER's mission is to create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning across the life span. This annual report describes ACER's milestones and accomplishments for the 2013-2014…

This study explores the question of how Boston Public Schools (BPS) can strengthen and support autonomy and accountability across its portfolio to promote innovation and expand access to equity and high performance. Some of the specific questions guiding this work are: (1) Should all schools within BPS operate within autonomous structures? (2) Is…

The purpose of this paper is to define a rationale for use in the refinements of daily curriculum operations in a school district, and establish a general understanding about policy and non-policy matters in curriculum. It is concluded that the area of curriculum should be guided by written policies which demonstrate that appropriate attention has…

This is the first in a series of information papers that are intended to supply information on matters of general importance to the educational system. It focuses on the complex committee structure for curriculum development in Scotland beginning in 1965 and outlines its growth up to the present. (Editor/RK)

Curriculum review committees, trapped by schools' departmental structure, can only reaffirm existing academic requirements and departments and can make changes only by adding to the curriculum. Curriculum change is needed, however. Schools should create curricula reflecting today's realities and needs, not the demands of colleges. (RW)

Examines how "internal" the West German examinations are, how control is exercised and standards are assured in the absence of external examining boards, and how curriculum innovation can be achieved in a system in which numerous factors appear to favour stagnation. (Author/IRT)

A synopsis of the report of the Advisory Council on New Jersey Studies. (SJL)

Establishing a software evaluation committee provides administrators with technical expertise in determining appropriate software. Committee members should include a curriculum expert, a computer expert, and a subject area teacher. (CJH)

The process of curriculum development in art education at the provincial level in Alberta, Canada, is described. The interests, needs, and assumptions of five groups of stakeholders--government, the curriculum development committee, art teachers, students, and interested onlookers--are examined. (RM)

An Iowa community school district has standing curriculum committees in seven areas. Parent and community involvement strengthens the bond between schools and community members and develops public confidence in schools. Suggestions are offered. (MLF)

A 36-person task force examined futures literature, listed 41 trends that could have an impact on education, and selected 15 implications of these trends as having the most significance for Virginia Beach, Virginia, schools. (MLF)