Curriculum and instruction

Board members debated Columbus, colonizers, and Black Lives Matter during several meetings about choosing a curriculum.

Families in Montgomery County, Maryland, are allowed to opt their children out of reading books featuring LGBTQ characters and themes if the content conflicts with their religious beliefs, the Supreme Court decided. A federal appeals court will continue to consider the parents’ case.

The Science Research Mentoring Program at the American Museum of Natural History prepares high school students for science careers.

Mayor Eric Adams announced the ‘fly’ initiative to bring financial educators, free counseling, and in-school banking to NYC students, starting with 15 districts this fall.

A new RAND study finds that students' ideas about themselves as math learners often form at an early age, with big implications for middle and high school.

Historian and former NYC teacher Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, the lead scholar on a new Jewish American history curriculum, hopes it will inform students and foster empathy.

The ruling could have long-lasting impacts on what some schools teach and how far they go to accommodate religious objections to curriculum.

Republican board members criticized the proposal as biased, one-sided, and ‘indoctrination.’

Episode 2 of P.S. Weekly explores the patchwork approach New York City takes to sex education and why students are demanding a different approach.

Through Artist Youth Entrepreneurs, a pilot program at the High School of Art and Design, students are learning about key legal and financial concepts in artistic fields.

At least two Colorado high schools will cut their Latin programs in the coming years.

Lawmakers discussed and in some cases advanced bills about sex ed, DEI, restrictions on history lessons, and chaplains in schools.

The federal government is barred from dictating curriculum to schools. But a new Trump executive order concerning how racism and gender identity are talked about in schools sends a signal about how he wants to influence classrooms.

The state bet big on tutoring and summer learning programs after the pandemic.

Emma Humphries of iCivics says students can learn about American history, the role of the presidency, and the persistence of democracy, even in a divided nation.

Enrolling all eighth graders in algebra was supposed to get more students taking calculus in high school.

El consejo escolar de Aurora votará sobre la recomendación el 17 de diciembre. Las high schools integrales en el distrito han estado probando los materiales desde agosto.