Core Knowledge Schools The Louisiana Department of Education and the non-profit Core Knowledge Foundation® have entered into a partnership to create Bayou Bridges: A K-8 Louisiana Social Studies Curriculum. The materials will be designed to align with the student expectations of the 2022 K-8 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies and will be created using criteria similar to…
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News Robert Pondiscio 9.15.2022 Reposted with permission from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute: https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/wanted-science-reading-comprehension-movement Just in the nick of time for the last days of summer beach reading, there were a pair of big stories about reading instruction in TIME magazine and The New Yorker last month. That’s about as mainstream as media attention gets, and signals that maybe the tide…
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News On Tuesday, March 22, we celebrate the 94th birthday of the founder of Core Knowledge, E. D. Hirsch, Jr. “Don,” as he is fondly called here at the Foundation, remains a vital and consistent voice of reason, affirming the need for a coherent, sequential, knowledge-rich curriculum as the key to educational equity and excellence. In a…
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News This post is published with permission from the New York Daily News and the writer Robert Pondiscio. The original article can be found here. In some of his first public comments since being named New York City’s incoming schools chancellor, David Banks has drawn cheers from savvy education observers and literacy experts for remarks critical…
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Curriculum A History of the United States consists of two student books and one teacher guide. The Teacher Guide provides detailed lesson plans for each Student Volume chapter, as well as a Daily Check for Understanding, Activity Page Masters, Assessments, Additional Activities, and Civics and Arts connections to reinforce the lesson content. Various Pacing Guide options…
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News The Core Knowledge Foundation is looking to add two highly qualified individuals to our list of publication consultants: Senior Writer/Editor – to write and edit original student texts for various Core Knowledge publications, including, but not limited to: the Core Classics, CKHG, and CKLA, for students in K-8th Grades. . Must have at least three…
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News The Core Knowledge Foundation is committed to ensuring that people of all abilities are able to access and use the resources on our website. After nearly a year of working through a wide range of web accessibility updates, we would like to provide you with an update on our progress. While we will continue to…
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Core Knowledge Science Across the generations, human understanding of the physical world has been enriched by the Scientific Project: the careful, systematic investigations of those who ventured to experiment, to pursue evidence, to communicate findings, and to subject theories to scrutiny within the scientific community. Symposium 2021 will focus on “Teaching the Scientific Project,” with its rich discoveries,…
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News Like those across the nation who watched the inauguration of President Biden, we at the Core Knowledge Foundation were deeply affected by Amanda Gorman’s recitation of the poem she wrote for the occasion, “The Hill We Climb.” We are moved to share the following teaching ideas and resources with Core Knowledge teachers, particularly those who…
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News We are happy to announce the 10 winners of our How to Educate a Citizen raffle that ended on Friday, October 16th at 5:00 pm EST! Shandra J. Terri M. Brad R. Heather R. Rita M. Erin P. Shannon B. Charlotte B. Colleen B. Albert W. The response we received for this raffle was overwhelming,…
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