Aspen Academy – our tuition-free public charter school for students in kindergarten through eighth grade – has now been in existence for over nine years in the Prior Lake-Savage area. It is a ...

“Filling the Void: Lessons from Core Knowledge Schools” is available from the Core Knowledge Foundation. A strong, detailed curriculum, coupled with the teacher training and other resources to make it ...

Heather Awbery, the principal at Balboa Elementary, has an odd problem. “What is going on? Why is my child, at Christmas break, only asking for amphibian books?” Awbery said parents have asked her.

Core Knowledge schools are proving popular with parents who want their children to learn essential facts in a structured, sequential fashion. Moreover, early research shows the Core Knowledge approach ...

Voters in an Illinois town last week defeated a referendum that would have encouraged their K-8 school district to adopt a specific curriculum. In a rare and possibly unprecedented ballot initiative ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In early April ...

Pupils should be taught a robust "core knowledge" of facts and information, the education secretary has said, setting out the principles of his curriculum changes. In a speech on Tuesday, Michael Gove ...

Luther's Core Curriculum gives every student the opportunity to learn actively and live purposefully as they discern their life's calling and establish their career goals. What Is the Core Curriculum?

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Over the past ...

that was founded in 1986 by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and author of 'The Knowledge Deficit', 'Cultural Literacy', and 'The Schools We Need and Why We Don't ...