Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Millie González and her colleagues aren’t here to argue about whether open educational resources are on par with traditional textbooks?she culturally relevant textbooks? Usually when you hear any discussion about free textbooks, it really talks about just the cost, and what we’re saying is, it goes way beyond that.”

Textbooks 190

Textbooks Culture Students Participation 190

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

When school leadership made this announcement in August during our staff training, I immediately felt overwhelmed and confused. I was a first year math teacher placed at a brand new, alternative high school serving at-risk youth in New York City. But writing curriculum wasn’t just labor-intensive, it was emotionally exhausting.

Curriculum Design 157

Curriculum Design Curriculum Teachers Textbooks 157

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

For students at Central Valley middle and high schools, accessing classroom lessons rarely involves opening a book. In high school math teacher Joe Sowinski’s classes, technology has changed class structure. By and large, it’s working.

Textbooks 144

Textbooks Fairness Social Studies Math 144

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I don’t want to be “school.” I don’t want to be constrained by the things that schools need to do. I want teachers and tutors and curriculum designers to be free to do the things that we think are good and right for kids. In fact, one of my earliest decisions was to be supplemental.

Culture 208

Culture Instructors History Education 208

k12 Online Schools

MAY 3, 2025

Rethinking Curriculum: From Global to Glocal One of the most powerful levers of cultural identity in K12 online education is the curriculum. Traditional schools often teach a national curriculum designed to align with the values, history, and priorities of a specific country. But the option alone creates a bridge.

Culture 52

Culture Schools Language Languages 52

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2022

Aiming to improve Kenyan students’ base math skills, it had distributed over 3 million textbooks, appraised nearly 30,000 teachers, and its national student information system had registered 96 percent of all students nationwide. By 2019, the World Bank’s PRIEDE project had exceeded several of its goals. hours to 10 minutes.

Technology 189

Technology Teachers Quizzes Textbooks 189

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2018

This conviction is born out of my 30 years in and around classrooms, first as a social studies teacher at Milpitas High, and then as co-founder of Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI). I wish you wouldn’t pin all hope on OER or content marketplaces or playlists as curriculum solutions. TCI created the History Alive!

Social Studies 136

Social Studies History Curriculum Textbooks 136