Educational systems and structures

English language learners (ELLs) often face the difficult challenge of learning both a new language and new subject matter at the same time.

Everyone agrees that what we do in schools should be based on what we know about how the brain learns.

"e;What year are you preparing your students for?

What does formative assessment look like, and when should I use it?

Now that the No Child Left Behind Act has left its mark on public education, educators across the United States are all the more invested in preparing their students for state and national assessments.

Research confirms that the teacher makes the greatest difference in the learning success of students, so it's important that new teachers get off to a strong start.

Teachers share one vital characteristic with students: they function best in settings that are organized enough to provide structure and focus, yet flexible enough to respect developmental and personality differences.

Why, despite years of trying, have efforts to achieve lasting, effective school reform fallen short?

Group work is a growing trend in schools, as educators seek more complex, more authentic assessment tasks and assign projects and presentations for students to work on together.

Group work is a growing trend in schools, as educators seek more complex, more authentic assessment tasks and assign projects and presentations for students to work on together.

Engaging Teachers in Classroom Walkthroughs is a practical guide to planning and implementing brief but focused classroom observations that involves teachers in every step of the process.

Engaging Teachers in Classroom Walkthroughs is a practical guide to planning and implementing brief but focused classroom observations that involves teachers in every step of the process.

Your students may recognize words like determine, analyze, and distinguish, but do they understand these words well enough to quickly and completely answer a standardized test question?

Your students may recognize words like determine, analyze, and distinguish, but do they understand these words well enough to quickly and completely answer a standardized test question?

Teachers across the country are seeking ways to make their multicultural classrooms come alive with student talk about content.

Educators know it's important to get students to engage in "e;higher-order thinking.

In Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement, Robert J.

"e;Unless we believe that those who have more are inherently superior to those who have less, we should be troubled by the fact that patterns of achievement are often fairly predictable, particularly with respect to students' race and class.

"e;Unless we believe that those who have more are inherently superior to those who have less, we should be troubled by the fact that patterns of achievement are often fairly predictable, particularly with respect to students' race and class.

Teachers deserve to get the feedback and support that are necessary to make learning as powerful as possible--for both their students and themselves.

Teachers deserve to get the feedback and support that are necessary to make learning as powerful as possible--for both their students and themselves.

What teacher hasn't sometimes believed that the entire class understands a lesson, even though only a few students are nodding their heads and answering questions?

Every school relies on teachers who informally and voluntarily lead various efforts in the school.

This publication offers clear and positive strategies that empower teachers and administrators to develop effective rules and consequences.

This publication offers clear and positive strategies that empower teachers and administrators to develop effective rules and consequences.

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by everything you want to accomplish as a teacher?

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by everything you want to accomplish as a teacher?

All the talk of closing the achievement gap in schools obscures a more fundamental issue: do the grades we assign to students truly reflect the extent of their learning?

All the talk of closing the achievement gap in schools obscures a more fundamental issue: do the grades we assign to students truly reflect the extent of their learning?

Why do some students struggle to understand and retain information, while other students don't?

Why do some students struggle to understand and retain information, while other students don't?

A teacher presents a lesson, and at the end asks students if they understand the material.

With new standards emphasizing higher-order thinking skills, students will have to demonstrate their ability to do far more than simply remember facts and procedures.

With new standards emphasizing higher-order thinking skills, students will have to demonstrate their ability to do far more than simply remember facts and procedures.

The Common Core State Standards require all students to think in complex and creative ways and apply classroom learning in new contexts.

The Common Core State Standards require all students to think in complex and creative ways and apply classroom learning in new contexts.

English language learners (ELLs) often face the difficult challenge of learning both a new language and new subject matter at the same time.

Research confirms that the teacher makes the greatest difference in the learning success of students, so it's important that new teachers get off to a strong start.

High-stakes testing.

Teachers across the country are seeking ways to make their multicultural classrooms come alive with student talk about content.

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Teachers share one vital characteristic with students: they function best in settings that are organized enough to provide structure and focus, yet flexible enough to respect developmental and personality differences.

How can elementary school teachers--the proverbial jacks-of-all-trades--feel more confident in their knowledge of science and teach science more effectively?

Have you ever wondered why students too often have only a rudimentary understanding of mathematics, why even rich and exciting hands-on learning does not always result in "e;real"e; learning of new concepts?

Every school relies on teachers who informally and voluntarily lead various efforts in the school.

Join Carol Ann Tomlinson and Cindy A.

In Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning, researchers Pamela D.

What is understanding and how does it differ from knowledge?

Curriculum maps are among the simplest yet most effective tools for improving teaching and learning.

Thousands of educators worldwide are already using Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe's Understanding by Design (UbD) as a framework for designing curriculum units, performance assessments, and instruction that lead students to deep understanding of content.