A teacher shares how she hopes administrators will approach the task of observing her classes and giving feedback based on ...

While trainees are in practicum, it’s important for mentors to provide clear feedback, moral support, and practical ...

Developing students’ language skills can be more engaging with games that address vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, ...

Kids need rules. They need boundaries and limits. They thrive when they respect and trust the adults responsible for their ...

Incorporating frequent questions and student discussion into direct instruction helps boost engagement with the material.

Ah, the sounds of the spring semester: the songs of birds chirping, the drips of snow melting, the rise in the noise level of students returning, the griping of teachers venting in the break room. As ...

Many educators assume that at some point, students have been taught how to study effectively, but I’ve been a high school teacher for nearly 20 years, and I’ve learned that that is typically not the ...

In many math classrooms, students work in small groups. While it is common today, it is a major shift from much of the 20th century, when students learned independently, in rows of desks. Given this, ...

As teachers, we’ve all had lessons that didn’t go the way we intended. Perhaps you finished giving directions but the class looked at you with confusion. Maybe you set out to facilitate a meaningful ...