Some have called it the new “Sputnik moment.” In a widely publicized international study that came out in early December, U.S. students ranked alarmingly low in math: 25th of the 34 countries tested.

I read with great interest the recent “advice” column by Leonard Cassuto, “Why Teaching Still Gets No Respect in Doctoral Training”. While I appreciate the author’s point of view, when stripped of the ...

Threshold concepts are themes that underpin an academic discipline and can provide a framework for students to build knowledge. But teachers must be mindful of how and when to introduce them, as Becky ...

In a three-way analysis of variance design, the effects of four concept teaching strategies, three levels of student prior knowledge, and two previous instruction conditions, were measured. The ...

Jim Garrett is a professor of social studies education at the University of Georgia. Before earning his doctorate at Michigan State University, he taught high school social studies. In a guest column, ...

The same design principles that brought Braille panels to public elevators and curb cuts to city sidewalks should be imported to the classroom and used to transform lessons and textbooks, says a ...

Tennessee has finally laid out the consequences for schools or teachers found to be teaching certain topics regarding race and gender prohibited by a new state law. Education Commissioner Penny ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Democrats rejected another proposal from Republicans that would have banned certain teaching concepts in the state’s K-12 public schools. The latest effort, a bill ...