Common Core Standards Content / Common Core Standards Content for 51ԹϺ Davis en California K-12 Curriculum Becomes More Historically Accurate With Help From 51ԹϺ Davis /news/california-k-12-curriculum-becomes-more-historically-accurate <p>For generations, it was a rite of passage for 9-year-olds from San Diego to Eureka to craft popsicle-stick and sugar-cube models of a specific California mission. But, the fourth-grade “mission project” is disappearing from many classrooms, as the curriculum that students learn moves into a more accurate history reflecting all cultures.</p> August 30, 2017 - 3:10pm Karen Michele Nikos /news/california-k-12-curriculum-becomes-more-historically-accurate School of Education center receives $5.8 million grant to help teachers throughout state /news/school-education-center-receives-58-million-grant-help-teachers-throughout-state <p>The University of California, Davis, School of Education has been awarded $5.8 million to lead a statewide initiative that will provide K-12 teachers throughout California resources and training that will help them teach their students more effectively.</p> <p>The grant from the state Department of Education was given to the School of Education’s Center for Cooperative Research and Extension Services for Schools. With the grant, the center will work with education leaders throughout the state to develop and pilot a model to support the professional growth of teachers.</p> June 04, 2014 - 12:00am IET WebDev /news/school-education-center-receives-58-million-grant-help-teachers-throughout-state