As state government tightens the vise on low achievement in Michigan schools, with looming takeovers and shutdowns and now with the new third-grade retention legislation, a powerful method for lifting ...

The style of teaching in the Clarke County School District is about to change how students learn. This change will be implemented through a new program called Advancement Via Individual Determination.

What is SoTL and why do we need it? SoTL is a systematic, research-based field of study concerned with identifying, understanding, and sharing effective teaching practices that impact student learning ...

Budding violinists around the world cut their teeth on a series of folk songs, Bach minuets, and of course, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” all included in the first of 10 books in Shinichi Suzuki’s ...

As the president of a local historical society, and as a docent and staff entomologist at a science museum, I’m much concerned about our society’s success anent the dissemination of knowledge in the ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In September 2019 ...

If you’re reading this and grew up going to Western schools, you might remember your teachers following this basic formula: Explain a subject from the blackboard, ask the kids questions that test ...