"Rigorous academic content" refers to educational material or subjects that are challenging, in-depth, and require serious effort to understand and learn.
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This includes readiness to
master rigorous academic content at each grade level, think critically and apply knowledge to solve problems, and conduct research to develop and communicate a point of view.
As students enter high school and
tackle rigorous academic content in 9th grade, differentiated and personalized approaches become even more important in light of students meeting critical academic milestones.
Both competitions will fund projects across five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; helping implement
rigorous academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.
Christel House believes in developing students using a holistic approach that pairs
rigorous academic content with social and emotional skills to produce transformational change.
The first sentence reads, «Over the past few years, Governors and Chief State School Officers have developed and
adopted rigorous academic content standards to prepare all students for success in college and careers in the 21st Century.
But, good career / tech education also prepares students for college by
incorporating rigorous academic content, by offering students dual enrollment in post-secondary institutions, and by granting college credit for secondary coursework.
POS connect secondary and postsecondary institutions,
include rigorous academic content aligned with standards, lead to industry - recognized credentials, and provide options for dual credit or concurrent enrollment.
Thousands of educators have contributed to the design of innovative new test questions that measure students» readiness to
master rigorous academic content, think critically and apply knowledge to solve problems, and conduct research to develop and communicate a point of view.
Resistance to prescribed content — particularly to
rigorous academic content — is compounded by a long, complex history of anti-intellectualism in this country which, for more than a hundred years, has supported social and psychological, but not necessarily academic, goals for our classrooms.
Finally, I describe two public charter schools that succeed in teaching their predominantly minority students both
rigorous academic content and 21st - century skills, while holding themselves to the standard of graduating 100 percent of their students, and sending nearly all to four - year colleges.
Overview Preparing for college and careers requires far more than
rigorous academic content.
Students who are able to master
rigorous academic content, think critically and apply that knowledge to new problems, be conscientious and efficient in their learning, and communicate and collaborate with others are genuinely prepared for success.
Progressives tend to favor pedagogical approaches in the classroom such as «child - centered» instruction and «teaching for social justice,» rather than
rigorous academic content.