Pearson and the School Improvement Network have announced a partnership they say will expand schools' access to online teacher professional development and other resources. Read Full Post >
A Seattle teacher boycott against a district-mandated exam seems increasingly tied to fights against high-stakes testing, whether or not that was the intended goal. Read Full Post >
Today is the day all teachers stand with those at Garfield High School in Seattle,Washington in their refusal to administer the MAP test. This is ground zero for the civil disobedience that we will see across the nation as teachers expose the misuses of testing. Read Full Post >
A weekly Twitter chat connects teachers of English-language learners to discuss, debate, and advise one another on numerous topics. Read Full Post >
The Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday arrested a 57-year-old elementary school teacher accused of sexually abusing 20 children over the course of his 40-year-career, just a year after a similar case in Los Angeles. Read Full Post >
A recent Florida Supreme Court decision on the state pension system could be influencing Gov. Rick Scott's proposal to raise teacher salaries. Read Full Post >
Teachers and principals in the Tulsa, Okla., schools recently raised worries about their district's technology resources, citing concerns common to school officials nationwide. Read Full Post >
A Duke University study shows that while the level of racial segregation in North Carolina schools has remained steady in recent years, economic gaps have grown. Read Full Post >
Teachers understand that there are two kinds of poor children, those with social capital and those without. As we celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King Jr. and the inauguration of President Obama, we need to focus on ending poverty for all children. Read Full Post >
A New York state commission on education reform recommended extended learning time and higher bars to enter the teaching profession in a Jan. 2 report. Read Full Post >
