Rather than have students memorize definitions and facts about a science topic such as light, an effective first grade teacher today would have students investigate various types of objects under ...

Attaining an equitable distribution of our nation's most effective teachers will require policy changes at the district, state, and federal levels. Teacher Lori Peck helps first grader Timia Harris at ...

Nearly 25 years ago, Harry and Rosemary Wong, both former teachers, decided to write a how-to book on teaching based on the well-received presentations that Harry was then giving on the school ...

Authors C. Kirabo Jackson and Elias Bruegmann based their findings on an analysis of 11 years of data on North Carolina schoolchildren. The study is due to be published in October in the American ...

Can High-Poverty Schools Catch a Break? Report from Raegen Miller and Robin Chait explores ways to give low-income students more access to effective teachers. Elizabeth Venechuk, a third grade teacher ...

I’m a teacher because that’s my passion and calling in life. I also hold a demanding second job that enables me to maintain a comfortable middle-class lifestyle. On a recent duty weekend, I had a ...

What words come to mind when you think about teachers? Imaginative; innovative; risk taker; lifelong learner? Now think about a technology entrepreneur. Might some of the same descriptions apply? Like ...