In the last few years, Foothill’s curriculum was faced with immense changes as new Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were implemented. The Common Core standards have been ...

A decade ago, California schools introduced a new K-12 science curriculum that was hands-on, interactive and designed to ...

Introduction -- Getting started -- The framework and history -- Introduction to the NGSS -- Moving from the NGSS to instruction -- A guide for leading a study group on the total curriculum -- ...

California’s decade-long push to revolutionize science education through hands-on, inquiry-based learning has yielded little ...

The daughter of a Guyanese immigrant and a mother who “believed in the magic of school,” University of Delaware alumna Maria D’Aguiar Cobb grew up knowing education could change lives. Now a third ...

Many school districts in California have embraced the new standards and seen scores improve. In fact, California public ...