During his 1983 NCAA championship run, legendary North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano was asked by a reporter if he held “bed check” when the team was on the road. “Absolutely,” replied ...

Have you ever had a teacher that appears to dodge around their responsibilities as an instructor? In my experience, these types of people are the doctoral students too busy with their own work, the ...

In the heart of Silicon Valley, Palo Alto High School junior Anna Luskin freely uses her cell phone in between classes. Senior Sean Slattery taps notes into his personal digital assistant as his ...

For educators the new year begins September 1, which means the time for resolutions is now, not January. And here’s a perfect resolution for those of you who spend a lot of time and energy ...

This spring, fourth-graders in a Tallahassee, Fla., classroom chronicled the life cycle of plants. Preschoolers in Mesa, Ariz., practiced Spanish, and special education students in Phoenix ...

HOUSTON -- Concealed handguns will be allowed in University of Texas classrooms but generally banned from dorms under rules begrudgingly approved Wednesday by the school's president, whose hand was ...

One of the inevitable first-day-of-school tasks for elementary teachers (and many secondary teachers) is introducing the class rules. So it’s no wonder teacher-bloggers have taken up the topic this ...