Just to keep you up to speed on the Dueling Manifesti about common curriculum: Two of the organizers of Manifesto #2 issued responses to yesterday’s missive by one of the organizers of Manifesto #1.

UConn Chemistry Building. Photo by file photo/The Daily Campus. The University of Connecticut plans on adding a new curriculum this fall semester, the Common Curriculum Chair, Pamela Bedore said at ...

We’re not sure if anyone was keeping count at the door, but if we had to wager the price of a kegger on it, more than 65 people crowded into the upstairs bar of Max’s Taphouse for edtech startup ...

The University of Connecticut Senate has approved the implementation guidelines for the new Common Curriculum for all undergraduate students. Senator Suzanne Wilson, Neag Endowed Professor of Teacher ...

Meet Robbie Earle, Scott Messinger and Marika Ross. They’re three former teachers who design technology to make educators’ lives easier. Earle and Messinger are the founders of the digital lesson ...

The Boulder Faculty Assembly on Nov. 3 approved a resolution concerning a campus common curriculum (PDF) that “endorses the substance of the common curriculum, particularly its statement regarding the ...

While there is consensus that our country is deeply divided, there is confusion about the causes. E.D. Hirsch offers an explanation in his new book "How to Educate a Citizen: The Power of Shared ...

Lynne Munson has served as president and executive director of the non-profit Common Core, Inc. since its founding in 2007. Common Core, Inc. is an advocate for the liberal arts and sciences education ...

During the five years since California adopted the Common Core State Standards for mathematics and English language arts, the search for high-quality textbooks and curriculum materials has been a ...

This may be a first for Bridging Differences. I make a progressive argument and you push back with a conservative response. I want schools to give the children of the poor and marginalized the base of ...

For traditional college freshmen, the gap between high school and college is easy to step across -- a few months, at the most, between graduating from one institution and enrolling at another. For ...

I like the Common Core State Standards just fine, but let me confess a little secret: Standards have never interested me very much. As a teacher, I would no sooner reach for state standards to decide ...