U.S. National Curriculum Standards – for the future of the Nation

The following is a blog post from Luke Laurie’s Blog: Teacher Blog. http://lukelaurie.wordpress.com/ In this post, I explore reasons why implementing a National Curriculum is a vital piece for future educational and economic policy. I also discuss some of the guiding principals that must be adhered to in order to make a National Curriculum functional [...]

National Curriculum Standards

I have a newer post on this topic: http://lukelaurie.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/u-s-national-curriculum-standards-for-the-future-of-the-nation/ National Curriculum Standards- TNLI Discussion for May Luke Laurie Santa Barbara County, California (Update 12-09: This Post is the 7th hit on Google for the search term “National Curriculum Standards.” I hope you give the post some consideration, and feel free to leave comments. I’m interested [...]

STEM Education: Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education

In 2007, I testified at a field hearing on the issues facing science education in the NCLB influenced standards-based era. In light of a forum taking place this weekend at Cal Poly, I am reposting this testimony. Testimony of Luke Laurie Science Teacher, El Camino Junior High, Santa Maria, CA Director: RoboChallenge mrlaurie@mac.com given to [...]