The introduction of a new 'explicit teaching' method in New South Wales schools has sparked anger among some teachers and parents but education authorities say it is needed to give under-privileged ...

Imagine you just walked into the classroom of a truly excellent teacher, as she’s teaching a lesson. One of those “irreplaceables,” perhaps. What do you see and hear? What’s on the walls--and the ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As a progressive educator in New York City for 30 years, I thought I had all the answers. The ...

The end of term is approaching, a pedagogical day is scheduled, weather conditions could lead to school closures... once again, the teacher finds himself short of time and resources. How do you get ...

The debate between teacher-directed explicit instruction and inquiry has been running “for twice as long as the War of the Roses’’, Pearson says. It has coincided with a marked decline in Australians ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

There's a little war going on in the education community. Don't panic, there is nothing dangerous about this conflict. It is only ideological. What is the object of the division? The educational ...

Schools are being encouraged to explicitly teach writing across all subjects – including science, history and potentially ­standard maths – not just English, in a bid to improve students’ writing ...

Lately when I talk with faculty members about their courses and classrooms, I often have to say something that few of them want to hear: Your undergraduates need you to teach them “studenting” skills.

In recent years, US courts have consistently ruled that teaching explicitly religious alternatives to evolution in public schools is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. But ...