“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” In a conversation I had with Ken Bain, my ...

I recently took up a new hobby—a “practice,” if you will. Yoga instructors don’t call class time a workout (even though it definitely is); they call it a practice. You are practicing poses, which ...

The very first year I taught middle school science, I found myself teaching more reading lessons than I had ever expected—and that didn’t change when I switched to a middle school math classroom two ...

When I taught about social class in my Intimacy, Marriages and Families course this past semester, I began with reflection and a sticky note, not with a lecture or statistics. This wasn’t the first ...

In Kheda Madhopur village of Agar Malwa district, a small two-room primary school has become a stark reflection of the crisis unfolding in Madhya Pradesh's education system.

In today’s classrooms, teaching Black history has become a challenge at best—and a dangerous proposition at worst. In many states, politicians have demanded teachers alter their curriculum over fears ...

I read with interest Anna Broadbent’s essay on the benefits and pitfalls of class participation grades. From my perch as a provost, former dean and former department chair, I find that the grade for ...

NYC educators say having smaller classes is “amazing,” but finding the space and funding to reach 100% compliance remains a ...

I remember sitting in a movie theater with my children in December of 2003, watching the final minutes of the third film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and feeling a deep sense of closure as Gollum ...