Tag: teachers
Teachers Don’t Add Up
Instead of further denigrating the education profession by suggesting that teachers double up as armed bodyguards in the wake of the latest school shooting,...
Spanish Speakers Rising by Five Million a Year
Spain’s Instituto Cervantes has released its annual report on the Spanish language: El español en el mundo 2017, revealing...
US Leaves Education, Science, Culture Organization
Following in President Reagan’s footsteps, the Trump administration has announced the U.S. intention to withdraw from United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in...
Talk, Read, Talk, Write
Nancy Motley suggests a routine for literacy in all content areas
Teachers often feel immense pressure to cover too much material in too little time....
Americans Support Public Education in Diverse Schools
Despite influential campaigns to undermine confidence in public schools, most Americans have faith in their local schools, according to the latest edition of the...
Choosing Schools, and Battles
Daniel Ward refuses to be distracted by efforts to divide supporters of public education
The dogdays of summer have been rudely disturbed by the reaction...
Help ELLs Scaffold
Drawp for School is a digital content-creation and collaboration tool with embedded language scaffolds for English language learners (ELLs). Teachers use Drawp to provide...
Congress Advised of Critical Need to Boost Language Study
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) delivered its final report on...
Community Service
Jason Stricker explains how the Supporting Teacher Effectiveness Project helps create professional learning communities that work
Research suggests that one of the main factors influencing...