Sentences with phrase «national history standards»

In the 1990s, the Bush and Clinton Administrations advocated national history standards.

The national history standards controversy of the recent past is another example of what can happen when social studies critics decide to attack what they perceive as wrong - headed attempts to teach social studies to their children.

Why didn't the public accept the national history standards?

The Senate last week denounced the national history standards for what members said was a failure to respect the contributions of Western civilization, voting 99 to 1 for a non-binding amendment expressing their disapproval.

Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the leading candidate for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, last week attacked the voluntary national history standards in a speech designed to appeal to his party's conservative wing.

The Second Vatican Council is briefly mentioned in only two of the eight texts I reviewed; it is not mentioned in the 250 pages of the national history standards.

Not exact matches

As reported by the Evening Standard this week, Paul Doswell has declared that his hopes of guiding the National League team to one of the biggest ever upsets in the tournament's long history will be almost zero if Arsene Wenger decides to name his strongest Arsenal XI on Monday evening.

But while Buffalo Niagara is faring well against its sorry history, the region's recovery is modest by national standards, an Investigative Post analysis found.

Few are more aware of this isolationism than secondary school teachers, particularly those who teach history using standard texts that — not surprisingly — view the signal events of American history with a kind of national solipsism.

Two independent panels will review the national standards for U.S. and world history that were released last fall to a torrent of criticism.

One group of teachers received copies of the national standards in the arts, civics, geography, history, mathematics, physical education, science, and social studies beforehand.

The National Center for History in the Schools at the University of California at Los Angeles developed the standards.

Historians and educators are weeks away from unveiling revisions to the voluntary national standards for U.S. and world history.

Two new volumes of national standards for history were unveiled last week, presenting a sweeping view of the world that few precollegiate students have likely encountered before.

The embattled developers of the voluntary national standards for history agreed late last week to revise their documents outlining what K - 12 students should know and be able to do in that subject.

With intentionally little fanfare, the National Center for History in the Schools at the University of California at Los Angeles released voluntary benchmarks in the study of history for K - 4 students and world - history standards for middle and high school stHistory in the Schools at the University of California at Los Angeles released voluntary benchmarks in the study of history for K - 4 students and world - history standards for middle and high school sthistory for K - 4 students and world - history standards for middle and high school sthistory standards for middle and high school students.

Number three, for the first time in history, Illinois will be making its actuarially required payments in keeping with national actuarial standards.

(The standards of the National Council for Social Studies do not introduce world history concepts until grade 5.)

Meanwhile, the federal government funded the development of national standards in several subjects, but the history standards were pretty much reviled by the entire country, and Congress halted, at least for the moment, the overt move toward national standards.

Mr. Elder earned National Board Certification in Early Adolescence / Social Studies - History in 2009, instilling reflection as a standard part of his practice and resulting in an unending quest to improve his teaching for all students.

Please join us for a discussion of the logic behind, and evidence on, national education standards, at this pivotal moment in the history of American education.

Let's turn to Alexis de Tocqueville, the most famous observer of American society in our history and see what he can tell us about national education standards.

Proposed national standards in subjects ranging from the arts to U.S. history describe many things students should know and be able to do.

The director of the national - standards project in history has called for an independent panel of experts to review the three volumes in an attempt to end some of the criticism that has plagued them.

The group had nearly completed two years of work on a set of national standards that recommended for the first time what every schoolchild should learn about this country's history.

Submit history papers also to TCR's National Writing Board to be assessed against an independent academic expository writing standard endorsed by Harvard, Michigan, Princeton, Stanford, Virginia, Yale, and 33 other selective colleges and universities.

«In 2011 Alabama moved from near last to 25th in the nation in overall grades and scores [Education Week assessment]... 12th in the nation for standards, assessments and accountability... data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed a historic gain of eight points in fourth grade Reading for Alabama public school students — the... highest gain ever in NAEP recorded history.

They also are out of sync with the shift toward teaching reasoning skills over memorization emphasized in the Common Core social studies standards and the C3 Framework, a document published by the National Council for the Social Studies that provides guidance for state standards in history and civics.

To promote this view, the U.S. Department of Education made awards in 1991 and 1992 to broad - based groups of scholars and teachers who would develop voluntary national standards in science, history, the arts, civics, geography, foreign languages, and English language arts.

This summer, meanwhile, the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation is finalizing new standards, which Education Week called «leaner, more specific and more outcomes - focused than any prior set in the 60 - year history of national teacher - college accreditation.»

Discusses big picture mathematics curricular design ideas, including history of mathematics curriculum, development of national and state standards, curriculum frameworks, and implementation of effective practices into K - 8 schools.

The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History / Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices [NGA Center] & Council of Chief State School Officers [CCSSO], 2010a) organizes standards as progressions across grades within anchor standards.

However, the company also has a long history of racing near standard cars both at national and at international level.

The national unemployment rate for youth is about double the regular rate and that's pretty standard through history.

W.A.G.E. Certification is a national program that publicly recognizes those nonprofit arts organizations demonstrating a history of, and commitment to, voluntarily paying artist fees that meet minimum payment standards.

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Ban the Box laws that remove criminal history questions from job applications are spreading rapidly across the United States and fast becoming a national standard that will soon affect most employers.

Family Reunification National Family Preservation Network Provides an overview of the history, values and beliefs, program standards, research, public policy, and resources on safely and effectively reuniting families following out - of - home placement.

Our Standard Rental Application includes a full rental application, an Experian ® credit report, a national criminal background check, and a national eviction history check.