While there’s little evidence of a “Big Quit” in education there may be a Significant Shift in how teachers see their options, writes...

While social-emotional learning sounds “positive and uncontroversial” in theory, “in practice, SEL serves as a delivery mechanism for...

Teaching special-needs students is challenging and stressful. Special education teachers are in short supply across the country, and have...

Classroom violence is driving teachers to quit in Oregon’s Salem-Keizer school district, reports Christine Pitawanich for KGW-TV. Despite...

This author goes more for “tough love” than “the soft bigotry of low expectations”: Teachers love their students. We see the joy they...

Grade inflation is expanding, especially at high schools with affluent students, concludes a Fordham’s newest study, Grade Inflation in...

Boys do better with male teachers and non-white students better with a same-race teacher, studies show. Yet, 77 percent of teachers are...

What’s more important: excellent teachers or small class sizes? Singapore’s educational success is based on highly qualified,...

Does a third-grade teacher need to know high school math? asks Ann Doss Helms in the Charlotte Observer. “Almost 2,400 North Carolina...

Personalized training for teachers is effective, write Matthew A. Kraft and David Blazar in Education Next, but taking coaching to scale...

Teachers aren’t fired very often — and almost never for teaching badly, write Amy Cummings and Nate Malkus on AEI. Miami University’s...

Inclusion — placing students with disabilities in mainstream classes — may not help special-needs students learn, concludes Allison...

– Education Next 2015 The Obama-era push to reduce suspensions of black students ended up hurting black students, writes Gail Heriot, a...

“It is the last resort,” said Millcreek School District Superintendent William Hall, who called the 16-inch bats primarily  “symbolic.”...

Miami-Dade may build apartments for teachers on school property, reports Douglas Hanks in the Miami Herald. A preliminary proposal...

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“The number of U.S. teachers has grown by 13 percent in four years, far outpacing the 2 percent rise in student enrollment, writes Debra...

Should preschool teachers be college graduates? “Our most important teachers” — preschool teachers — are paid the least, writes Jeneen...

Robots will replace teachers by 2027, predicts Anthony Seldon, a British educator. Can teaching be automated? asks Kristin Houser, senior...

Teacher performance pay is linked to a slightly better math and reading results in a new federal study reports Liana Loewus in Education...