When their first graders struggled with a writing assignment, a group of educators collaborated on a new, more effective plan ...

Editor’s Note: In 1988, a teacher most commonly had 15 years of experience. In recent years, that number is closer to just three years leading a classroom. The “On Teaching” series focuses on the ...

Editor’s note: A version of this article originally appeared on The Character Tree’s blog. When we were just a couple weeks into distance learning, I started to really miss writing workshop time. Over ...

The way teachers manage classroom discussion with pupils plays a key role in the teaching of writing, a new study shows. The way teachers manage classroom discussion with pupils plays a key role in ...

What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

Teaching students to write is no easy feat, and it’s a topic that has often been discussed on this blog. Penny Kittle teaches first-year writers at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. She was ...

The following resources have been created to assist you with research-based course and assignment design, giving useful feedback, designing meaningful assessment practices, and integrating ...

In late summer, the educator and writer Mike Rose died of a spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Santa Monica; he was seventy-seven. I learned of his death in the pitiless way that one often ...

I’ve previously published a series on teachers’ favorite lessons for ELL newcomers. Now, it’s time to do the same for intermediate ELLs. Maria Cruz teaches English for speakers of other languages at ...