Think of it as America's first national lesson plan -- coming soon to a public school near you. Lessons based on the nation's new Common Core standards are being taught in Long Island's classrooms on ...

Normally, Sherry Geesaman wouldn’t be nervous. Normally, she’d flip open a plan book or a textbook and start riffing. That is, after all, what veteran educators do. And Geesaman’s been teaching for 20 ...

This school year, teachers will begin to implement the most significant changes to classroom instruction since California first adopted standards in 1998. Along with 45 other states, three territories ...

In the spring of 2017, New York families continued to express their frustration that public education has become geared towards preparing students for standardized tests. One source of our ire has ...

What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

Syed Shamiun (right) and Vivian Pham take part in an International Baccalaureate course at East High on Thursday. A bill currently in the Kansas legislature would do away with IB and advance placement ...

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