Curriculum Development

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South Korea
The Scandals Shaking K-Pop and a Reckoning Over How South Korea Regards Women
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Jung, who rose to fame on a Korean equivalent of American Idol, is cooperating with police and released the following statement: "I admit to all my …
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Textbooks
'Integrity of Book Violated': Ex-NCERT Head Slams Decision to Drop 3 Chapters from Class 9 Textbooks
news18.com - Eram Agha
The NCERT is set to delete almost 70 pages from a textbook. It has also dropped three chapters from its Class 9 history textbook —including one that …
TheBlaze
Conservative View
School claims it let transgender activist read to kindergarteners with parents' permission. Parents say they weren’t given
TheBlaze - Sarah Taylor
The plot thickens A Virginia elementary school has found itself under fire for the second time in as many months after the school hosted a transgender activist but reportedly did not get parents' permission.
Cape Town
Debate surrounding change to UCT curriculum still ongoing | Cape Argus
iol.co.za - Sisonke Mlamla
Cape Town - Debate around UCT’s curriculum change, initiated to address transformation and the decolonisation of the university curriculum, was …
Education Policy
Some York Region MPPs give full support to new curriculum
yorkregion.com - Dina Al-Shibeeb
Some five MPPs have lent their support to a provincewide new vision by the Tory government announced on March 15. These MPPs said these changes will …
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Education Policy
Students Launch Petition To Make Thorough Climate Change Lessons Compulsory In School
ladbible.com - Claire Reid
Four students from a school in Oxford have launched a petition to make it compulsory for schools to give pupils more thorough teaching on climate …
Hong Kong
Can Hong Kong follow Israeli footsteps in innovation?
ejinsight.com - Home Hong Kong Local
Last year, the think tank One Country Two Systems Research Institute predicted that more than a quarter of the local labor force faces the risk of …
Foreign Policy
Smol: Why it's smart to ban smartphones in Ontario classrooms
ottawacitizen.com - Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
As an active teacher unionist and lifelong social democrat, I find it truly awkward coming out in support of the Ford government’s ban on cellphone …
Kate Toddadded this to Classroom Matters!
Differentiated Instruction
Nancy Boyles
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Nancy Boyles is a former classroom teacher and professor emerita at Southern Connecticut State University, where she was professor of Reading and …
DuggtheCapedfiendadded this to Teaching
Education (UK)
What if we gave pupils control of their curriculum?
tes.com - Tes
“I don’t know why everyone’s making such a fuss about curriculum overload,” a department official told me wearily. “If schools and pupils did a …
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Education Policy
Ontario increasing class sizes for Grade 4 and up
nugget.ca - The Canadian Press
TORONTO — Ontario is increasing class sizes for Grades 4 to 12 in an effort to cut costs, a move critics say will hurt student learning and result in …
South China Morning Post added this to Tech
China
Chinese children take to coding amid country’s lofty goals in AI, other hi-tech initiatives
scmp.com - Celia Chen
The wave of enthusiasm in China for coding education comes as the country moves to become an AI powerhouse.
Pakistan
Govt working on uniform curriculum: Zain Qureshi | Associated Press Of Pakistan
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MULTAN, March 16 (APP)::Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Finance and MNA Zain Hussain Qureshi has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) …
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World News
Ontario Announces Sex-Ed Changes, Keeps Controversial 2015 Material
theepochtimes.com - Margaret Wollensak
The Ontario government has announced an update to the province’s education program, but critics say the sex-ed curriculum remains largely the same as …
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GCSE
GCSE system rubs students’ noses in disappointment, school union chief says
inews.co.uk - Zaina Alibhai
In brief Union chief argues it's uneccesary to force students to resit maths and English • The Deparment for Educations says there's no plans to overhaul …
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Education Policy
Fearlessly passionate about women’s safety
thehindu.com - P Sujatha Varma
It happened in 2009 when she was on her way to home from England for holidays. “I did not inform my parents because I wanted to surprise them,” says …
Prescott, AZ
Letter: Fears over Bible instruction unfounded
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Editor: I read with interest Mr. Leibforth’s guest editorial “Bible class a bad mix for public high school curriculum.” His arguments, in my view, are …
Wisconsin
Smith: Program is a bridge between school archery and hunting. And it's growing like crazy.
jsonline.com - Paul A. Smith
Buy Photo Trace Duchateau, a fourth-grader from Richfield, takes aim along with a flight of 30 archers at the Wisconsin State Indoor Championships of …
Madison, WI
Youth Climate Strike brings hundreds of students to the state Capitol
madison.com - Negassi Tesfamichael
What started last school year with one student in Sweden refusing to go to classes because of the world’s inaction on climate change has turned into …
College & University
Doctorate | Curriculum and Instruction | Global Campus | Kansas State University
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Curriculum and Instruction Doctorate The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Curriculum and Instruction is designed for the advanced student who wants to …
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Liberal View
The Real Irish-American History Not Taught in Schools
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“Wear green on St. Patrick’s Day or get pinched.” That pretty much sums up the Irish-American “curriculum” that I learned when I was in school. Yes, …
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Niihau
These women are trying to save the Olelo Niihau dialect from extinction
hawaiinewsnow.com - By Lacy Deniz | March 15, 2019 at 11:05 AM HST - Updated March 15 at 11:25 AM
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The island of Niihau is the only place in the world where Hawaiian is the primary language. The dialect on the island …
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Opinion (UK)
Climate champion or climate dunce? Take this quiz to find out
The Guardian
The first wind turbine was built in 1887 by Scottish engineer James Blyth. He tried to sell wind electricity to his local village. Why did the local people say no? The power supply was too irregular They
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LGBTQI
Republicans demand parents get ‘opt-out’ from LGBT history lessons
pinknews.co.uk - Nick Duffy
Republican state lawmakers have said parents should get an ‘opt-out’ from history lessons that relate to LGBT public figures. Rep. Darren Bailey, who …
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Canadian News
Gender identity, consent to be taught as part of new Ontario sex-ed curriculum
ctvnews.ca - The Canadian Press
TORONTO -- The Ontario government says gender identity and consent will be taught as part of a new sexual-education curriculum that will be …
Glasgow
Hundreds of youngsters gather in Glasgow’s George Square to protest over ‘Government inaction’
eveningtimes.co.uk - Evening Times Staff
Hundreds of young people gathered in Glasgow’s George Square to protest government inaction over climate change. Despite the intermittent weather, …
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Robotics
Why Schools Should Turn to Edutech Robotics?
businessworld.in - by Tarun Bhalla
Schools are taking strides to assimilate edutech robotics within their ecosystem. Robotics classes are being held regularly and have been assimilated …
CTV Newsadded this to Windsor
K-12
Ford gov't lifting class cap sizes, allowing parents to opt out of new sex-ed curriculum
ctvnews.ca - CTV Windsor
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is lifting the caps on class sizes in elementary and high schools across the province, returning to a …
Bloomington-Normal, IL
Illinois House passes bill requiring LGBT content in state-funded textbooks
pantagraph.com - Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House has passed a bill requiring public school textbooks purchased with certain state funds be nondiscriminatory and …
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Kathleen Wynne
Doug Ford's Government Won't Scrap Any Topics From Liberal Sex Ed Curriculum
huffingtonpost.ca - By Emma Paling
The premier previously promised to dump the curriculum, which he said was based on Liberal ideology. TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservative …