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Instructional Materials

Read more about the materials that are used to help students learn the curriculum
A group of children walk across a book under protective hands.
Islenia Mil for Education Week
Social Studies Opinion What We Can All Learn From Black Women in Education
These eight extraordinary women in history have a lot to teach us today.
Dawnavyn M. James, January 30, 2025
5 min read
A hidden library of knowledge behind the curtain of a classroom.
Islenia Mil for Education Week
Social Studies Opinion The Problem With Primary Sources in Black History Education
Do you know how to put Black history sources in context?
Abigail Henry, January 30, 2025
4 min read
A pile of vibrantly colored reference books.
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Social Studies Opinion Black History to Spark Meaningful Conversations: A Resource List
Here are several books and a film to empower educators to engage with Black history and racial literacy.
Daphanie Bibbs, Dawnavyn M. James & Deana Forbes, January 30, 2025
5 min read
Education Week opinion letters submissions
Gwen Keraval for Education Week
69´«Ã½ & Literacy Letter to the Editor Who Makes the Call About Curricula?
The recent lawsuit filed by parents against literacy curricula developers is a reminder of the true meaning of the “reading wars."
January 14, 2025
1 min read
Lego Classroom
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Science LEGO Education’s Latest Offering: The Building Blocks of Science Lessons?
The toymaker plans to release units that inch closer to a core curriculum.
Sarah Schwartz, January 14, 2025
3 min read
Student with books and laptop computer
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Curriculum 7 Curriculum Trends That Defined 2024
From religious-themed mandates to reading to career prep, take a look at what EdWeek covered in curriculum in 2024.
Sarah Schwartz, December 13, 2024
9 min read
An elementary student reads on his own in class.
An elementary student reads on his own in class.
Allison Shelley for All4Ed
69´«Ã½ & Literacy Here's What Happens Next on the Calkins, Fountas & Pinnell Curriculum Lawsuit
The reading series were deceptively marketed as backed by research, despite omitting key instructional elements, the lawsuit claims.
Sarah Schwartz, December 6, 2024
7 min read
Two students in a combined second- and third-grade class read together.
Allison Shelley for All4Ed
69´«Ã½ & Literacy 4 Things to Know About the Literacy Lawsuit Targeting Lucy Calkins and Fountas & Pinnell
A novel lawsuit could open a new front in the reading wars. Here's what you need to know.
Evie Blad, December 5, 2024
6 min read
Volunteer teacher reading to a class of preschool kids, preschool age; school children; students.
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69´«Ã½ & Literacy Parents Sue Lucy Calkins, Fountas and Pinnell, and Others Over 69´«Ã½ Curricula
A first-of-its-kind lawsuit targets creators of whole-language reading curricula.
Evie Blad, December 4, 2024
6 min read
Image of a U.S. map with conceptual data points.
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Curriculum Inside the Effort to Shed Light on Districts' Curriculum Choices
Few states make the information easily searchable.
Sarah Schwartz, November 26, 2024
4 min read
A Texas flag is displayed in an elementary school in Murphy, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.
A Texas flag is displayed in an elementary school in Murphy, Texas, in 2020.
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Curriculum Texas 69´«Ã½ May Soon Be 69´«Ã½ Bible Stories in English Classes
The state has advanced a controversial curriculum that includes Christian teachings in K-5 lessons.
Sarah Schwartz, November 19, 2024
5 min read
Images shows colorful speech bubbles that say "Q," "&," and "A."
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Teaching Opinion Teachers Have to Endure Plenty of Short-Sighted Mandates. Here Are 3 of Them
There’s so much bad advice about teaching that it can be hard to choose the worst. These teachers tried anyway.

Larry Ferlazzo, October 15, 2024
9 min read
Illustration of stacked books and ladder.
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69´«Ã½ & Literacy Do Leveled Books Have Any Place in the Classroom?
As the "science of reading" movement has spread, predictable texts for beginning readers have come under fire.
Sarah Schwartz, October 14, 2024
6 min read
69´«Ã½ at Northside Intermediate prepare for a mock election on Nov. 8, 2016 in Opelika, Ala.
69´«Ã½ at Northside Intermediate School in Opelika, Alaska, prepare for a mock election on Nov. 8, 2016.
Todd Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP
Social Studies Mock Elections in 69´«Ã½ Evolve to Build Trust in Democracy
69´«Ã½ use mock elections to help build voting habits early and help students understand the electoral process.
Evie Blad, October 9, 2024
9 min read