Educator leadership extends beyond the traditional school or district leader. Collaborative teacher leadership assumes that influence can extend beyond the classroom and educators can help change school culture by assuming a range of roles and responsibilities that support school and student success.
Time pressures are keeping many schools from adopting education strategies supported by brain science research, such as later start times for high-schoolers and giving students recess as well as other
Worried that far too many students have weak reading skills, states are passing new laws that require aspiring teachers—and, increasingly, teachers who are already in the classroom—to master reading instruction
Many new teachers are told they need to be more strict, but that may not be the best advice for everyone.
Psychologists have uncovered reasons why students put off important work. But there are a few simple things teachers can do to keep students on track.
How to get teens to put down their phones and pick up a book.
A founding father’s views on race challenge teachers to change course.
When providing feedback, rather than approval-seeking feeling words like “like” or “love,” feedback providers (teachers, students, peers) should focus on developing efficacy around particular skills and leave the nurturing/validating emotional
Students should learn to read nonfiction well, according to school principal and teacher Rita Platt. In this blog post, Platt describes how her school’s teachers encourage students to read nonfiction
Spider-Man’s Uncle Ben could have been speaking directly to teachers when he said, “With great power comes great responsibility.”
The concept of “screen time” for children is often demonized in the media, but technology can play a vital role in learning, Lisa Guernsey says in this interview. Guernsey says
