Effective veteran teachers hit the ground running in September and never look back. But ask most of them about their first year or two, and you’ll hear tale after tale of classroom woe. Even some of ...
Document: View the text of a “Contract on Classroom Behavior” that three professors at Western Illinois University ask their students to sign on the first day of ...
It might be every professor’s worst nightmare: losing control of a class with no hope of getting it back on track. That appears to be what happened this semester at Texas A&M University at Galveston, ...
Over the past several years, Republican state lawmakers have filed bill after bill meant to restrict how certain topics can be discussed in public college classrooms. A common conservative complaint — ...
This past spring semester I decided to shake things up a bit in one of my courses by tossing some of my routine (and control over the course), right out of the window. I have always advocated for ...
I have spent several days this week visiting elementary schools with my therapy dog. Reading with the kids has been a great pleasure, and hearing their pet stories and sharing their worries has been ...
Focused on creating more book-filled classrooms across the country—particularly in underserved communities—Washington, D.C.–based nonprofit First Book, along with education researcher Susan Neuman, ...
Schools and teachers using Google Classroom can have more control over the assignment submission deadlines. A new feature allows teachers to disable submissions automatically after a due date.