Advancing a unified, principled approach that aims for high quality/high equity educational outcomes, this book offers clear, realistic guidelines for the tasks of writing curriculum documents and designing official syllabi and professional development programs at system and school levels.

Preface 1. Introduction: The practical problem of curriculum making Allan Luke 2. Curriculum Design, Equity and the Technical Form of the Curriculum Allan Luke, Annette Woods & Katie Weir 3. School subjects and academic disciplines: The differences Zongyi Deng 4. Curriculum policy guidelines: Context, structures and functions F. Michael Connelly & Gerry Connelly 5. The technological solution to reading education: A century of frustration Patrick Shannon 6. Sustaining teacher professionalism in the context of standards referenced assessment reform Val Klenowski 7. Social justice visions and curriculum realities in the early years of education Susan Grieshaber 8. Curricular Conversations: Literacy teaching and learning in the middle years Donna E. Alvermann & James Marshall 9. Improving secondary schools Ben Levin 10. Generalizing curriculum policy across boarders: Crossing boundaries Allan Luke