Halloween can be a fun holiday, but some costumes can be offensive. Fortunately, there are some ways teachers can encourage students to make smart costume choices.

After spending two days shadowing high schoolers, one teacher realized how little she knew about what it actually meant to be a student.

A Washington state school district has removed swings from its playgrounds, hoping to improve safety during playtime.

After a contract cancellation, teachers in Philadelphia will now have to pay for health insurance. What are the future implications of this move on both teachers and students?

After decades as a math teacher, a Brooklyn math bee coach celebrates her 100th birthday.

A recent poll shows that students wish they could use technology in the classrooms more often, while a second study suggests that for students who multitask often, having phones around may not be a distraction.

In the latest Education Week Twitter chat, participants rejected the idea that teachers don't have time to take on leadership opportunities.

In the latest installment of Education Week's Twitter chat series, we discuss what it actually means to be a teacher leader.

The Commit to Lead site has certainly improved in some aspects since it launched in August.

After facing backlash from parents and the media, the public school district in Lincoln, Neb. is refusing to back down from programs designed to encourage the use of gender-inclusive language.

A panel of education experts says that the nation's understaffing problem is about retention, not recruitment. The solutions? Better leadership and more freedom for teachers.

Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani girl, will be the youngest-ever winner of the award.

The creators of a newly funded Kickstarter project, TROBO, want to offer children a toy that will also teach.

The recent surge in population around Clark County and Las Vegas has caused a headache for a district unable to provide enough space and resources for students.

A study on the "Pygmalion Effect" shows that the higher a teacher's expectations of a student, the more likely they are to succeed in school.

After using clips from "Pretty Woman" to explain dress code to female students, a North Dakota high school is getting negative feedback from parents and press.

"If we are going all the way across the world when we have qualified teachers right here in Arizona, we should be asking why they are leaving."

A new report looks at what are supposedly the best and worst states for teacher working conditions, but misses some finer details.

Students valued classroom time and had a stronger interest in a subject when they felt that their instructors were available to provide emotional support, a recent study finds.

As the state struggles with implementation, a new poll finds that only 31 percent of Tennessee teachers support continuing with the common core.