Roxanna Elden, a former teacher who created a popular email series of encouragement for educators in 2015, returns with online support for first-year teachers in their first days of school.
A pilot program at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education lets teachers in training practice classroom management techniques with a classroom simulation.
An academic advisor at the Middle Tennessee State University's College of Education has opened a clothing shop, Clothing Our Educators Boutique, intended to serve students who aren't equipped with professional clothing and are on a student budget.
As they grapple with new instructional expectations, a growing number of teachers are working to improve their practice through the "lesson study" approach to professional development.
The California Department of Education has awarded a $500,000 grant for a project designed to get elementary school teachers better prepared to teach common-core math.
To help hone their skills and improve their classroom practice, a growing number of teachers are getting help from virtual-coaching services, according to a story in the Hechinger Report this week.
In an effort to combat a regional teacher shortage, the Sonoma County school district in California is planning to open its own school of education.
Twenty-one teachers in Milford, Mass., are volunteering to work off-hours to gain dual-certification in English as a second language instruction.
The new law evaluates both teachers' and administrators' performance through the use of multiple rating categories, based on student growth and assessment results.
The initial results from the 2015 poll focused on public perceptions of testing and the Common Core State Standards.
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