It’s lauded by some as one of the best ways to improve teaching and learning, scorned by others as a complete waste of time. It’s something that teachers might have access to weekly, or barely get ...

The principal’s next question was more probing. “Why did you leave your previous school?” “The school wanted me to be a mechanical, or rather, ‘robotic’ teacher,” was the candid reply. “I didn’t feel ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are the biggest problems with common teacher professional development practices and how can they be fixed? Every teacher has sat through some awful required ...

In order for teachers to turn out students who are college and career ready, we must give them the tools and support that will allow them to learn, improve, and do their jobs better even as we hold ...

While there has been an increase in training around social-emotional learning (SEL) in K-12 classrooms, many professional development (PD) resources for educators treat SEL as a standalone subject ...

Teacher educators guide student reflection by transforming specific microteaching moments into “reflect-ables,” using gestures, notes, and interactive discussion to co-construct professional learning ...

WASHINGTON—Only 30 percent of teachers improve substantially with the help of district-led professional development, even though districts spend an average of $18,000 on development for each teacher ...

It’s the second week of August and teachers have returned for in-service training at their school sites. Sitting in the cafeteria, we listen to the same PowerPoint taught by the same person who hasn’t ...

(TNS) — When ChatGPT became a hot topic in education late last year, eighth-grade history teacher Drew Yanuszeski knew he wanted to teach his students how to properly use the ...