EW: Many people are concerned that social studies is being
pushed out of the curriculum because of the focus on math and reading.
This sparked concerns that creative subjects like music and drama would be
pushed out of the curriculum.
Not exact matches
The Association
of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has warned that music and drama could be squeezed
out of the
curriculum if the government
pushes on with the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) proposal.
Even the most effective attempts to
push a government - established
curriculum into classroom practice will drag
out over a decade, because it just takes so much time to communicate the goals and methods through the different layers
of the system, and to build them into traditional methods
of teacher education.
The collateral damage includes narrowed
curriculum, low - scoring students
pushed out of school, and teaching to the test.»
Reformers have been less concerned about school closures in communities
of color; more willing «to destabilize the democratic institutions»; more concerned about cutting costs; more willing to subject poor children
of color to unproven experiments; less concerned about ensuring the presence
of experienced, well - qualified teachers and small classes; more willing to impose test - driven
curricula; less concerned about kids
pushed out of school; and more willing to privatize education.
WHEREAS, it is widely recognized that high - stakes standardized testing is an inadequate and often unreliable measure
of both student learning and educator effectiveness, and the over-reliance on standardized testing has caused considerable collateral damage in many schools, including narrowing the
curriculum, teaching to the test, reducing student's love
of learning,
pushing students
out of school, driving teachers
out of the profession, and undermining school climate; and
The coalition government has been
pushing the roll -
out of the programme, which gives schools more freedom over their budgets and
curriculum.
In the I Can Problem Solve
curriculum, students look at a picture
of a boy
pushing another boy
out of line and discuss: What might have led up to the
push?