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March 2011What Students Need to Learn
March 2011 | Volume 68 | Number 6
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Marge Scherer
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Reviews, research, and relevant reads.
Lynne Munson
Concentrating on content is common practice in most high-achieving countries.
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David T. Conley
The Common Core State Standards offer an opportunity to shift away from shallow test prep to a focus on complex cognitive skills.
David J. Ferrero
The economic aims of education should not obscure the personal and civic purposes of schooling.
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Grant Wiggins
Why we should abolish lock-step requirements and establish a forward-looking, client-centered curriculum.
Robert J. Sternberg
Ethical action is a 21st century skill deserving of a place in schools.
Richard L. Allington
We know that high-quality instruction is the key: Why aren't we opening the door?
Barry Gilmore
Standards have a blind spot if they deemphasize students' role in choosing what they want to read.
Diana Senechal
When literature is subordinated to strategies, students lose the meaning of the reading experience.
Gary Hoachlander and Dave Yanofsky
Promising programs break down the isolation of science and math by connecting core academics with challenging professional and technical fields.
Connie M. Moss, Susan M. Brookhart and Beverly A. Long
No matter what we want students to learn, not much will happen until they know what to aim for.
W. Stephen Wilson
To succeed at college-level math, facility with basic arithmetic algorithms is essential.
Young Imm Kang Song
Korean youngsters combine arts education, character education, environmental education, geography, and more.
Jane L. David
The content of tests becomes the learning goal for students.
Robert J. Marzano
Teachers' actions—not their feelings—influence students' perception that their teachers care.
William M. Ferriter
Tools that disappear, blocked websites, failing services—getting used to unpredictability is part of the job.
Thomas R. Hoerr
How might your past influence the way you teach and lead?
Joseph A. Henderson
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford
News and resources from ASCD.
David Griffith
A status report on legislative and advocacy matters.
Question by Andre Potvin. Responses in print and online by Amy Lockhart, Patsy Pouiller, Kimberly Kappler Hewitt, Doreen Knuth, and Misty M. LaCour
Camille Blachowicz and Peter Fisher
Vocabulary study is an essential in the early grades, but which word lists need to be taught?
H. Michael Hartoonian, Richard D. Van Scotter and William E. White
Law vs. ethics, freedom vs. equality, unity vs. diversity, private wealth vs. common wealth—students need to understand four value tensions that underlie historic events.
Maria Grant and Diane Lapp
How to foster a complex understanding of compelling everyday science.
Wayne Journell
Political tolerance can be taught—but only if supported through practice.
Bonnie B. Rushlow
A good visual arts program is the hub of a top-notch school.
Teresa Preston
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