This is the amazing thing about teaching -- I learn as much from my students as they learn from me. And each class is rooted in place and time, making every experience completely unique.
Jessica Minahan | Posted 05.30.2012
Because misbehavior is symptomatic of an underlying disability that's intensified by situational triggers, behavior plans should more aptly be thought of as teaching plans.
Teach Plus | Posted 05.30.2012
It seems like an easy concept: if you don't know how to do something, ask for help. But recent research shows that a student's socioeconomic background affects his or her strategies for seeking help in the classroom.
Tom Allon | Posted 05.29.2012
We cannot pretend to care about whether our children are learning, if we don't do anything to make our teachers the best that they can be.
Alan Singer | Posted 05.23.2012
Tom Roderick, executive director of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, asked me to share my thoughts on teaching and crap detection. These are some of the things I learned from forty years as a teacher.
AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 05.22.2012
CINCINNATI -- Educators including the U.S. secretary of education, teacher union leaders and school administrators will focus this week on ways to tra...
Brian D. Cohen | Posted 05.22.2012
So what are teachers for? The delivery-of-content model of instruction doesn't describe all of what teaching is about. Most of what you really must know and be able to do isn't delivered to you. You don't need someone up there who knows all the answers to tell you what to do.
Ellen Weinreb | Posted 05.21.2012
Young professionals not only want successful careers but also want to contribute to society. Usually, they assume this will happen quite seamlessly in a fast-paced corporate world.
Lev Raphael | Posted 05.11.2012
I had dreamed of being a writer since I was in second grade, but it wasn't until I took my first class with Kristin Lauer at Fordham University that I fell in love with writing itself.
Teach Plus | Posted 05.11.2012
We should not expect the most vulnerable in our community, those who could most benefit from a proper education, to bear the highest burden in times of economic crisis.
Teach Plus | Posted 05.09.2012
Teachers need to wake up and realize every decision is a political decision. If teachers are not engaged, decisions will continue to be done to them rather than with them.
Kevin P. Chavous | Posted 05.08.2012
During this Teacher Appreciation Week and every week, let us honor those teachers who, like Ms. Shelton, make education fun and inspire their students. After all, the best teachers teach from the heart.
Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 05.08.2012
The crisis in American education is really about how to find and retain and nourish ordinary teachers. They are the ones who do most of the work, have the greatest influence, and are under the greatest stress.
Marybeth Gasman | Posted 05.08.2012
It is wonderful to say that HBCUs are nurturing and supportive environments, but it is much more convincing to policy makers and funders to have research that backs up these assertions.
Lori Ungemah | Posted 05.07.2012
Tell them they have made a difference in your kid's life, or your life, or both. Tell them how and why. Be specific. Just tell them. Because knowing that you made a difference in someone's life is, hands down, the best gift of all.
Anna Kleinholz | Posted 05.04.2012
Teaching, and trying to teach, has actually taught me a lot of things. Everyday that I step into a school building, I see the amazing potential in our country coupled with a serious lack of priorities.
Jessica Minahan | Posted 05.03.2012
The Anxiety Disorders Association of America reports one in eight children suffer from anxiety disorders. Without intervention, they're at risk for poor performance, diminished learning and social/behavior problems in school.
Daron Hagen | Posted 05.07.2012
All good works of art require six ingredients: hard work, love, dedication, discipline, craft, and a revealed secret.
Catherine Okafor | Posted 05.02.2012
I have a huge appreciation of teachers no matter what subjects, levels or types of students that they teach. Teachers teach but amazing teachers educate students on lessons that will forever be cherished.
Kevin Salwen | Posted 04.25.2012
What if the poor performers could pick up an Andrew Luck every few years? Couldn't those schools start building around that player? What if students each day were challenged by smart, energetic teachers bringing new playbooks to the game?
Jessica Minahan | Posted 04.26.2012
Most degree programs include one or possibly two courses focused on teaching students with mental health disabilities and subsequent challenging behaviors. This leaves teachers to learn on the job in a busy classroom.
Caroline Cretti | Posted 05.03.2012
This is one of ten shortlisted entries for our Things To Do Before You Die contest. We will try to make the winning idea happen. The entries on the ...
Teach Plus | Posted 04.25.2012
When done right, evaluation in any career provides not only accountability, but also a welcome boost to the next level of excellence.
Pam Grossman | Posted 04.23.2012
Let's talk more about supporting teachers to help them stay in the profession and improve their craft.
Steve Blank | Posted 04.19.2012
The quickest way to create a billion dollar company is to take basic human social needs and figure out how to mediate them online.
Lindsay Hoffman | Posted 05.31.2012