Remove Books Remove Instructional Materials Remove Secondary
article thumbnail

Turn the Page: Looking Beyond the Textbook for Culturally-Responsive Curriculum

Edsurge

Culturally-responsive curriculum can’t be delivered by an algorithm any more than it can by a static textbook We must—quite literally—throw out the book on how we create and deliver curriculum to teachers and students. To do this, educational companies need to rise to several key challenges. We must also reflect the work.

Company 165
article thumbnail

TEACHER VOICE: Students deserve classroom experiences that reflect their history

The Hechinger Report

But no matter how the conversation starts, the students — nearly half of whom are Black, Asian, Hispanic or multiracial — often come back to complaints about the lack of diversity in our school’s textbooks and educational materials. Here are a few ways we can do this: Improve instructional materials.

Classroom 140
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Edsurge

But district leaders, administrators and teachers have incredible demands placed on them, which were exacerbated by the pandemic and while there are high-quality materials available, they’re not compiled. The working group also developed sample scope and sequences for both the elementary and secondary level.

Training 157
article thumbnail

TEA Update: New Options with Digital Content in Texas

EdTechSandyK

TEA Website A-Z Index Instructional Materials & Educational Technology Scroll down to see the Commissioner''s List of Electronic Textbooks Also see Commissioner''s List of Technological Equipment - for approved equipment to access digital content. List is dynamic so vendors can add products and delete out of date products.

article thumbnail

Savvas Delivers New Summer Solutions for Math and Literacy to Move Learning Forward

eSchool News

The curated, easy-to-implement instructional materials, combined with state-of-the-art screener and diagnostic assessment tools, are designed to help move learning forward for all students. Thousands of e-books include high-interest, popular, and culturally relevant titles. Ready-to-Use Summer Solutions.

article thumbnail

OER: Some Questions and Answers

Iterating Toward Openness

A growing number of peer-reviewed studies and other research reports are demonstrating that when faculty who previously used commercial products as their core instructional materials replace them with OER, student learning either stays the same or increases. But who chooses the core instructional resources students will use?

OER 60
article thumbnail

ASSESSMENT AND RUBRICS

Kathy Schrock

five-part tutorial on rubric creation and implementation Developing and using instructional rubrics.a five-part tutorial on rubric creation and implementation Developing and using instructional rubrics.a pedagogical and practical article Five ways to blow the top off rubrics.innovative ways to create rubrics From Now On: 2/98.making