What role does vocabulary instruction play in the math classroom? It plays a foundational role serving all students, especially English learners, according to Rita Paolino, an ...

Alabama is changing how it prepares future elementary school teachers to teach math, part of a broader effort to improve ...

Families might be wondering why their child's math classroom looks so different from what they remember in school. Why aren't teachers putting students on the spot and getting them to prove that they ...

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...

Letting parents know is happening in class and simple ways they can discuss the lessons helps reinforce students’ developing ...

After 20 years teaching high school math, I thought I understood why students struggled. Then I sat in my first professional learning session focused on early math and was humbled. Like many secondary ...

Teacher education often receives criticism for being too theoretical. Many students lack more training in how to teach in practice when they enter schools. They now receive this at the University of ...

Your curriculum doesn't have to stop at the classroom door. See how two districts bring families into PreK–3 learning.

Elementary school teachers often play a special role in their students’ lives, wiping away their kindergarteners’ tears when they’re missing their parents or supporting their fourth graders through a ...

In its “State of the States” report on math instruction published last week, the National Council on Teacher Quality sharply criticized California and many of its teacher certification programs for ...

Amber Edwards has spent the last decade of her 18-year teaching career in the Prairie Central school district, where she ...