Sentences with phrase «other curricular materials»

By making the Core Knowledge Sequence and other curricular materials freely available, we work to put into practice the principle that every child in a democracy should have access to shared, enabling knowledge and language.

Not exact matches

Moreover, these features give parents a greater incentive to economize and foster increased competition not only among schools, but also between schools and other education providers, such as tutors, online courses, educational software, and homeschool curricular materials.

Holland also purchases textbooks and curricular materials for her son, and pays for music therapy, among other educational therapies.

In coming months, Fordham will point to some good examples of textbooks and other instructional materials that are aligned and high quality; other organizations are also gearing up (better late than never) to review curricular materials.

Studying elementary schools in Arizona, Smith (1991) found other negative effects of testing on teachers: «Testing programs substantially reduce the time available for instruction, narrow curricular offerings and modes of instruction, and potentially reduce the capacities of teachers to teach content and to use methods and materials that are incompatible with standardized testing formats» (p. 8).

To learn more about how states are supporting standards implementation and the extent to which they are drawing on materials from each other, or from different organizations, we created a database of the curricular and professional resources provided on the websites of all 51 SEAs, including the District of Columbia, during Fall 2015.

Since these books touch on science, history, social science, psychology, religion, communication and many other topics for secondary and college students, and Sally is an experienced curriculum writer and educator, she is available to co-create curricular materials with instructors wishing to use these books in their classrooms.