Lessons Learned: Selecting and Deploying K-12 Science and Social Studies Content is a point-in-time-look at how instructional content in K-12 science and social studies is being evaluated and selected based on interviews with administrators in 31 school districts and six state or regional education agencies across 20 states. The findings provide a window into current review/selection practices in districts and the important considerations that are part of the current thinking. The report was produced by education consulting firm Academic Business Advisors with contribution from Simba Information and is based on interviews conducted in the first quarter of 2017.
- METHODOLOGY
- Table 1: Interview Breakdown by State and District and District Size
- About the Authors
- INTRODUCTION
- PEDAGOGY IS CHANGING
- Content Needs are Changing due to Pedagogy and Technology
- Short Shrift for Social Studies
- STEM Is Changing Science Teaching
- Table 2: Next Generation Science Standards States
- Table 3: Competitive Providers in Science
- DISTRICTS SAVE MONEY WITH OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES
- WHY DISTRICTS MOVE AWAY FROM LARGE TRADITIONAL PUBLISHERS
- WHY DISTRICTS STICK WITH LARGE TRADITIONAL PUBLISHERS
- THERE ARE BUMPS IN THE TRANSITION FROM PRINT TO DIGITAL
- BOTTOM UP AND TOP DOWN DECISION-MAKING
- Differing Views on Local Control
- CONCLUSIONS
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