Smartphones are a major classroom distraction, say nearly three-fourths of high school teachers and a third of middle school teachers in...

Ben Stein quit teaching after 20 years as a teacher and coach in the West Des Moines school district, he writes on USA Today. He was...

Most teachers like teaching, enjoy the flexible work schedule, live comfortably and are no more likely to quit their profession than...

"Super strict schools" are "increasingly popular" in England, writes Emma Bubola in the New York Times. She focuses on Michaela, an...

Teaching is "oppressive." Teachers should "guide" students to discover things on their own, based on their interests, but shouldn't...

After a long battle to persuade educators they need to teach phonics, systematically and explicitly, the science of reading has moved on...

One out of three classroom teachers are working under "gag orders" that limit their speech on gender, sexuality and critical race theory,...

Adam Kotsko, who teaches humanities at a small liberal arts college, finds that even his best students are unprepared to read and...

Awarding "points" for good classroom behavior improves behavior -- without destroying intrinsic motivation, writes Emily Oster on her...

"Equitable grading" isn't a strategy to inflate grades and lower expectations, argues Joe Feldman, author of Grading for Equity and CEO...

The "new normal" of student behavior -- a toxic mix of disrespect, disruption, violence and apathy -- is driving teachers to despair,...

In Portage, Michigan, fourth graders are reading about hurricanes -- including words such as "atmosphere" -- in their English Language...

Let's dump the curriculum and teach Palestinian propaganda instead, said a group of Oakland (CA) teachers. They proposed an all-day...

How do get to Carnegie Hall? Practice! It's the same for math, writes Holly Korbey on Edutopia. “They are considered dirty words, but...

There are no fast learners, according to new research, writes Hechinger's Jill Barshay. Learning rates are remarkably similar --...

What's the right balance between teaching knowledge and teaching skills? That's the wrong question, writes Daisy Christodoulou on No More...

My teacher preparation program in the late '90s "never talked about how kids learn," writes M-J Mercanti-Anthony, the principal of a New...

Ninth-graders aren't reading To Kill a Mockingbird this year in Mukilteo, Washington, an affluent, mostly white town north of Seattle. ...

If only parents were involved in their children's education, teachers said, students would do so much better. If only teachers...

Keeping teachers with the same cohort of students for two or three years, known as "looping," would build connections, improve learning...