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Direct linkLevy, Brett L. M.; Hartwick, James M. M.; Muñoz, Sierra Pope; Gudgel, Scott – Social Studies, 2014
Schools throughout the United States provide instruction on democracy, voting, and major institutions of government, but often excluded from the curriculum is a central reality of our political system: the role of money in elections. This article provides background information and pedagogical strategies to help teachers foster productive…
Descriptors: Political Campaigns, Financial Support, Citizenship Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Valenciana, Christine; Ordonez-Jasis, Rosario – Social Studies, 2012
Given the current national debate over immigration reform and the plethora of anti-immigrant policies, practices, and laws, school curriculums should include materials that will allow students to learn about, and reflect on, the impact this debate has on the lived realities of those most impacted. Specifically, teachers and their students will…
Descriptors: United States History, Secondary Education, Curriculum Development, Immigration
Download full textHerczog, Michelle M.; Porter, Priscilla – Center for Civic Education, 2010
The democratic aim of American education is to provide "all" students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become informed, effective, and responsible citizens. Like civic education itself, literacy education can be embraced by all teachers across all disciplines. There are strategies that all teachers can use to help address…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Processes, Vocabulary Development, Reading Strategies
Herczog, Michelle M.; Porter, Priscilla – Center for Civic Education, 2010
The democratic aim of American education is to provide "all" students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become informed, effective, and responsible citizens. Like civic education itself, literacy education can be embraced by all teachers across all disciplines. There are strategies that all teachers can use to help address…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Processes, Vocabulary Development, Reading Strategies
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2007
In 2004, Commissioner of Education D. Kent King appointed a statewide task force to study Missouri high schools and make recommendations on strengthening the ways they help students prepare for life after high school. The State Board of Education adopted the following recommendations in 2005 and 2006. The State Board of Education increased minimum…
Descriptors: United States History, High Schools, Core Curriculum, Health Education
Muir, Mike – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2005
Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish parochial schools have always had religious studies as part of their curriculum, but there has been the question about whether public schools can also. "In 1962 two U.S. Supreme Court cases (Abington School District vs. Schempp and Engle vs. Vitale) prohibited the practice of Bible reading in public schools.…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Public Schools, Religion, Religious Education
Dunn, Rita, Ed.; Griggs, Shirley A., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
Today, there is little deviation from the standard, business-as-usual practices in the world of education. This book challenges these stale practices and asks the important questions that can improve schools beyond the current state of mediocrity. Written for administrators, supervisors, teachers, parents--even politicians and corporate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Violence, Talent Development
