History teachers need curriculum time, not bluster.
They are modeled after the Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Mass., which began in 1968 with the concept that children do not need curriculum, grades, tests or mandatory classes to learn.
Teachers need curriculum materials that both portray evolution as modern and dynamic and that are based on the most promising instructional practices.
As for the government, we need a curriculum that reflects this nation's rich cultural diversity.
I think we need a curriculum that is based more on a framework of entitlements and outcomes, rather than highly detailed in terms of this is what you must teach at this stage.
We need a curriculum of big questions, examinations where children can talk, share and use the Internet, and new, peer assessment systems.
If you want us to teach effectively in the college classroom, we need a curriculum free from "teaching to the test" in the earlier years.
We need a curriculum of inquiry, questioning, critical thinking, curiosity, imagination, one that emphasizes civic discussion and social ethics, that places a high priority on music and the arts as well as new digital media.
Teachers need curriculums that help explain these issues, quickly.
There is no doubt that we need national curriculums, national standards and national testing in our public schools.
