Late last year, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation published a widely noted study intended to explore what teachers want when it comes to professional development. But particularly on the important ...

Academic instructors, hired for their content expertise, are rarely trained in skills like classroom facilitation or community-building. But successful collaborative learning requires a degree of ...

Facilitated by the Center for Teaching Quality, seven teacher leaders who attended the Global Cities Education Network Meeting in Singapore in October 2013, have co-authored a new report entitled “A ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

The cultivation of a professional learning community in which university teaching staff can swap ideas, advice and assistance is a big support when implementing institutional curriculum reforms.

At the Saint Louis University School of Education, our commitment to educators doesn’t end at graduation. BEGINS (Building Educators’ Growth in Neighboring Schools) is a professional learning ...

Carlisle Community School District was recently recognized by Solution Tree for its sustained success in raising student achievement. The district is one of 12 districts in the U.S. and Canada to ...

The gifted group. The slow group. The behavioral issues group. Grouping in schools fell out of favor partially because educators—and parents—felt like kids were getting labeled and that groupings didn ...