Rather than have students memorize definitions and facts about a science topic such as light, an effective first grade teacher today would have students investigate various types of objects under ...

Authors C. Kirabo Jackson and Elias Bruegmann based their findings on an analysis of 11 years of data on North Carolina schoolchildren. The study is due to be published in October in the American ...

Knowledgeable, innovative, skilful, fun-loving, caring, supportive, task and pupil centred – it’s official – the most effective teachers are in a class of their own. They stimulate a pupil’s ...

They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

In "Licensure and Worker Quality: A Comparison of Alternative Routes to Teaching," published in The Journal of Law and Economics, Tim R. Sass compares the characteristics and performance of Florida ...

Teaching is a demanding profession that requires a unique blend of knowledge, skills, and a range of critical individual characteristics. Who could argue with the 2016 Kappa Delta Pi Joint Statement ...

Can High-Poverty Schools Catch a Break? Report from Raegen Miller and Robin Chait explores ways to give low-income students more access to effective teachers. Elizabeth Venechuk, a third grade teacher ...

What if why you choose to become a teacher determines how successful you will be in the role? Society has always been fascinated to learn about the motivations of famous athletes, entertainers, and ...