Teacher voices: Matt on teacher prep and learning classroom management strategies

Today we continue our teacher voices video series and hear from Matt McCabe, a tenth grade world history teacher. Matt's...

The First State does it again

Yesterday, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed a bill that raises the bar on admission to teacher prep programs.

Teacher voices: Stephanie on teacher prep and licensure

As a part of our teacher voices video series, Stephanie Tsakeris speaks out on the importance of licensure standards that...

Teacher voices: Kylene on teacher prep and special education math

Kylene Young talks about the math preparation she wishes she'd had as a special education teaching candidate. She's now a...

Teacher voices on teacher preparation

Some of the most valuable insights on teacher preparation come from teachers themselves.

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It all adds up

John Benson, the teacher who blogged for us yesterday, makes a compelling case for why deep understanding of math is...

Guest post: The importance of content knowledge in teaching mathematics

During my forty-two years of teaching high school mathematics in Evanston, Illinois, I concluded that an essential ingredient for providing...

Pensions: The bump in any fiscal road

You need look no further than this weekend's New York Times for evidence that the pension crisis continues to loom...

Scientists read too!

My teacher prep program included a course on reading for secondary teacher candidates. One day the professor asked all of...

Tr3 Trends: Substitute Teachers

Substitute teachers spend a lot of time with students, yet policies governing their work don't often make it into the...

Steadily beating the drum for practice...practice...practice...

We're great fans of Doug Lemov, author and staunch advocate for the transformative power of professional development (PD) that incorporates...

Guest post: The basics teachers need in order to get students past the basics

When I took my teacher prep courses in the dark ages, 20+ years ago, the only class I took that...

Student teaching done smartly

Tammie Schrader's post yesterday about her experiences as a science teacher and a "teacher of future science teachers" hit home...

Guest post: The Real World -- Classroom Style

As an adjunct professor, I once taught a classroom management course to undergraduate teacher candidates. In class, I had all...