Scripted teaching curricula are becoming more ubiquitous across our school districts. Scripted curriculum literally gives teachers a script to read verbatim, mandated pacing guides, and pre-determined ...
RICHMOND, Va. -- As Richmond Public Schools embarks on a mission to improve academic performance and fill teacher vacancies, some educators are speaking out about feeling ignored in their roles, while ...
This summer, the city unveiled “NYC Solves,” a new public-school math curriculum aimed at improving math scores by helping kids overcome their supposed “fear of math” — which already had us doubting ...
New York City is gearing up to change the way math is taught this school year amid rising concerns about students’ low math performance. The initiative, NYC Solves, will mandate the use of one ...
New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...
A major vendor has asked city Comptroller Brad Lander to investigate whether the Department of Education’s purchase of the controversial “Illustrative Math” curriculum unfairly sidestepped the bidding ...