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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Effective school leaders could make the biggest impact by having their best staff teaching the youngest children, according to the results of a new study. While a widespread practice among school ...

The evidence continues to mount that teachers who earn national-board certification are more effective than other teachers, both at the high school and elementary levels. Two recently released studies ...

Report from Robin Chait outlines six state strategies for attracting and retaining effective teachers in high-poverty and high-minority schools. More on attracting effective teachers to high-poverty ...

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 ...

You know what would improve Arizona schools more than anything? Classrooms filled with highly effective teachers. I know. Duh. But the research is clear: Students who have effective teachers perform ...