Words carry a lot of power, says 2nd grade teacher Noelle Mapes. Every year, Mapes talks with her students at P.S. 142 in New York City about identity, race, and racism. They create shared definitions ...

I am not a teacher. That became tremendously obvious the other day as I tried to help a couple of second-graders solve math problems. I was volunteering at one of the parent-run “solidarity schools” ...

This article was originally published in Education Week. New reports looking at how the teacher-quality provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act are playing out in the nation’s classrooms suggest ...

Teachers and students seem to agree with near unanimity – it’s difficult, if not impossible, to replicate the in-class experience on a computer screen. Yet, given the hand they’ve been dealt, teachers ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — When Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill clarifying who gets benefits through the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System, she also made a policy statement alongside her signature that drew ...