Written by Anna Murphy Concept-based curriculum (CBC) is an approach to curriculum design that moves away from subject-specific content and instead emphasizes “big ideas” that span multiple subject areas or disciplines. For example, in a CBC classroom, students may...
By Sandra Boyes, Head of Lower and Middle Schools The Crescent School What differentiates your school from others? Is it its core values? Its service learning program? Its approach to character education or its rigorous, athletic curriculum and academic teams? In...
“Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education.” Students (and adults) often feel far from noble on the dance floor—paralyzed for fear they will look foolish. Perhaps they put too much stock in one of Nietzsche’s predecessors...
By Anna Murphy, Rubicon International Translation: العربيةThe United Arab Emirates began piloting its Moral Education program in January 2017, and by September 2017, implementation is expected across schools in the UAE for grades K-9 (the rollout of Grades 10-12 will...
I didn’t know what I would find when I started reading the NYC Department of Education’s sample theater curriculum maps. My experience taking theater classes is something I struggle to put into words even now – how to capture the transformation, the discovery, the...
One of our goals for the Teaching and Learning Department last year was to work with our staff to make significant strides towards increasing curriculum documentation. This goal stemmed from our WASC visit the previous year, as it was determined that developing and...
