Every student deserves an effective teacher, one who is always seeking the very best ways to reach each student. While there has always been an onus on teachers to commit to improving, state and ...

As my colleague Vivien Stewart previously noted in this blog, cities in Asia Society’s Global Cities Education Network (GCEN) recently convened in Shanghai to share ideas on how urban school districts ...

Too many of our teachers have had to suffer through one-off, lecture-style “sit and get” professional development sessions. We know this model of learning doesn’t work for students. Well, no surprise, ...

Washington, D.C. — Professional development in education has gotten a bad reputation from both education policymakers and practitioners alike, largely due to its ineffective outcomes and disconnect ...

It’s a tough time to be a teacher. COVID wiped out years of learning for millions of students, with too many also suffering from grief, anxiety, and depression. This means that effective instruction ...

Tech High School hosts 'Future Ready by Design' on Friday, a collaborative event bringing together teachers, students, and ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

In a new survey commissioned by learning technology firm D2L, only 20% of K–12 educators responding said they are “strongly satisfied” with the professional learning options, even as 94% agreed that ...

Escambia schools say they are strategic with the deployment of training specialists based on what schools and teachers merit ...

A couple of days ago, Miami-Dade County’s Superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, wrote an impassioned call to action for our schools to embrace the needs of today’s learners and today’s world. He explains, ...

Our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) take place every Wednesday morning, and one bonus is that as members of the PLC share data and ideas, they see the possibilities of what students can ...