Why aren't life skills taught in schools? [more inside]
posted by sixcolors on Apr 13, 2009 - 39 answers

I'm writing a monstrous paper on the "cross-curricular" teaching method for middle school and high school. I have searched ERIC, JSTOR, and psycINFO with all kinds of keyword combos, and I'm still not coming up with decent theoretical or empirical articles. I really need the help of the Collective BrainFilter. I'll explain further inside... [more inside]
posted by tzikeh on Apr 19, 2008 - 10 answers

Creating a citizenship class for ESOL students: any web resources, books, or other forms of support out there? [more inside]
posted by imposster on Jan 17, 2008 - 1 answer

I'm interested in learning about curriculum development. More specifically on understanding what types of information different age students can understand and be challenged by, without "going over their helmet". [more inside]
posted by peripatew on Mar 30, 2007 - 9 answers

High school (civics) teachers - how do I distribute a civics curriculum? [more inside]
posted by mammary16 on May 30, 2006 - 2 answers