Direct Instruction programs have long drawn criticism from educators who say they limit teacher autonomy. But surveys suggest ...

When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses artificial intelligence to improve their math knowledge and teaching skills, their students' math ...

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 ...

Each time Xiuwen Wu greets a new class of preservice teachers studying math education at National Louis University in Wheeling, Ill., she asks them to take a survey. It asks about the future teachers’ ...

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 ...

Grades in New York City public schools are becoming increasingly meaningless as teachers and principals continue to promote ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

Thurgood Marshal Academy Public Charter School teacher Ramon Griffin was chosen as the D.C. 2027 Teacher of the Year on ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In the latest version of the Nation’s Report Card, students’ math scores fell an average of five points for fourth graders and eight points for eighth graders nationwide. This historic drop in scores ...

Prompting teachers to communicate high expectations and confidence in students' potential leads them to give more detailed ...

Alabama is changing how it prepares future elementary school teachers to teach math, part of a broader effort to improve student achievement by rethinking how educators learn the subject before ...