If scripted lesson plans produce the results their supporters claim, then no need exists to hire teachers in the first place (“Goodbye, Mr. & Ms. Chips,” Commentary, July 18, 2007). School boards ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fort Worth ISD crossing guard Melissa Leslie, center, helps families cross the street after students’ final day of the school year ...

Sunlight streamed through an oversized classroom window in Kisauni—a slum in Mombasa, Kenya—as a group of 6-year-olds fixed their eyes on their teacher. As he rhapsodized about the intricacies of ...

Four simple strategies—beginning with an image, previewing vocabulary, omitting the numbers, and offering number sets—can have a big impact on learning.

I am a big believer in having a teacher toolbox chock full of many and varied tools. I also believe that just because a tool doesn’t work well for me, that doesn’t mean it can’t work for someone else.

University of Georgia professor Peter Smagorinsky is back with another interesting column today. He delves into why a dedicated and effective teacher left the profession, focusing on the number of ...

Picture a Grade 4 teacher standing in front of her 36-strong class. The teacher asks the children to look at her as she holds the book Birthday Surprise. She asks some questions about the cover. Eager ...

There’s a familiar divide between practice and policy. When it comes to grading, devices, equity, choice, student behavior, and much else, the views from inside and outside the schoolhouse are very ...

In the weeks leading up to the announcement that the Texas Education Agency is taking over the Fort Worth Independent School District, parents and community members worried the district would roll out ...