Nearly three-quarters of the states have sought to create their own definition of a rigorous high-school curriculum on top of guidelines issued by the federal government, a step that would provide an ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. In a meeting on Monday, the topic of academic rigor came up, as it does from time to time. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the book “Academically Adrift” appeared in 2011, it generated widespread concern that college was not effectively educating ...

Yesterday’s post asked folks how they define academic rigor. I asked the right people the right question! The answers were thoughtful, wide-ranging, plentiful and sometimes even impassioned. Best.

Ask a student to memorize a formula, and AI can do it faster. But ask them to apply it to a real-world problem, and that’s where the future of rigor lies. For decades, rigor in advanced coursework ...