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 ...

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 ...

ASCD’s EDge blog reports on the work of Teach For America’s chief knowledge officer Steven Farr, who has spent a decade studying data and conducting observations in an effort to determine what ...

Knowledgeable, innovative, skilful, fun-loving, caring, supportive, task and pupil centred – it’s official – the most effective teachers are in a class of their own. They stimulate a pupil’s ...

Two decades of empirical research in education have confirmed at least one fact that just about everyone already knew: There are good teachers and bad teachers. The difference between your child being ...

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 ...

"The effective 21st-century teacher will need to be adept in judging the educative and non-educative use of technologies," said one reader. Today’s educators are constantly evaluating the skills ...

Any veteran teacher will ll tell you that teaching is not merely a job, it’s a lifestyle choice. Consider the daunting responsibility. You are partly accountable for the development of a room full of ...

Teaching is a demanding profession that requires a unique blend of knowledge, skills, and a range of critical individual characteristics. Who could argue with the 2016 Kappa Delta Pi Joint Statement ...

Whether schools adopt a full-time virtual model, or a blended or supplemental approach to online instruction, their success depends on having high-quality online teaching. The International ...