More than 100 educators from CiTi BOCES, OCM BOCES and the Syracuse City School District recently came together for a collaborative professional learning experience aimed at reimagining classroom ...

Late last year, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation published a widely noted study intended to explore what teachers want when it comes to professional development. But particularly on the important ...

When a fifth-grade Muir student was struggling to stay motivated and complete classwork, his teacher Emilio Saraga sought help from his Professional Learning Community. "I got so many great ideas from ...

Facilitated by the Center for Teaching Quality, seven teacher leaders who attended the Global Cities Education Network Meeting in Singapore in October 2013, have co-authored a new report entitled “A ...

Academic instructors, hired for their content expertise, are rarely trained in skills like classroom facilitation or community-building. But successful collaborative learning requires a degree of ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

Carlisle Community School District was recently recognized by Solution Tree for its sustained success in raising student achievement. The district is one of 12 districts in the U.S. and Canada to ...

At the Saint Louis University School of Education, our commitment to educators doesn’t end at graduation. BEGINS (Building Educators’ Growth in Neighboring Schools) is a professional learning ...

The gifted group. The slow group. The behavioral issues group. Grouping in schools fell out of favor partially because educators—and parents—felt like kids were getting labeled and that groupings didn ...