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Why keeping minority teachers in the classroom matters

Minority teachers leave the profession at higher rates, and recruitment efforts have not bridged the gap. But a number of district-level programs are preparing and supporting new teachers in ways that have boosted retention.

How classrooms look around the world — in 15 amazing photographs

Why Is Classroom Management Such a Problem for New Teachers?

In an interview, educator and author Roxanna Elden talks about getting new teachers to stay in the classroom, even when times get especially tough.

Ask, Listen, Do: How to Find Out What Kids Need From School

How can teachers make their classrooms truly child-centered? Justin Minkel shares some strategies on how to figure out students’ individual needs—starting with asking them.

A virtual tour of blended-learning schools, so others can see how it’s done

When teachers want to try something new in the classroom, it helps if they can see what it looks like in action. They could ask another teacher down the hall. Or they might try to talk to other teachers on social media, perhaps in an education technology Twitter chat. But too often, these aspiring innovators …

Open-ended Questions to Encourage Conversation

Why is it important to ask students open ended questions? It encourages academic thinking and conversation, especially among English Language Learners. Get tips for using open ended questions in your classroom.

How A Deregulated Internet Could Hurt America's Classrooms

Schools use the internet for a lot of learning: researching, virtual travel, watching videos. Educators say it opens their classrooms to the world. The removal of net neutrality could change all that.

Is Your Classroom Welcoming for Students?

You can keep students relaxed, engaged and ready to learn by taking some simple steps to make your classroom a more welcoming environment.

The Virtual Classroom and Its Metacognitive Benefits

When one examines the triangulated nature of student, teacher, and curriculum, the challenge set forth before them is to achieve a harmonious balance that has an end result of student learning /mastery.

Resilience Guide for Parents & Teachers

Children's problems include adapting to a new classroom, bullying by classmates or abuse at home, but resilience is the ability to thrive despite these challenges.

5 surprising results of a self-paced classroom

The self-paced classroom allows students to discover how they learn best and gain valuable information about their own learning that they can carry with them for life.

Does Your Classroom Cultivate Student Resilience?

Children who develop resilience are better equipped to learn from failure and adapt to change. Teachers should also address parent expectations of success and failure<br>Over 100 years ago, the great African American educator Booker T. Washington spoke about resilience<br>I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles overcome…

14 classroom management strategies to increase student learning

When the right classroom management tools are in place, students are able to learn more as their engagement increases.<br>Focusing on physical classroom management, behavioral management, resources…

4 Steps to Funding an Education

Seven Steps to Make Your Classroom More Like a Google Workplace

One way to improve students' happiness and performance is to revamp the classroom to look more like the top companies in the United States, says an innovation think tank.

Opinion: How Foundations Can Give Children a Brighter Future

For high-quality early-childhood education to reach enough of the people who need it the most, it needs better — and different — kinds of support, says the Nonprofit Finance Fund.

What Is Your Educational Philosophy?

While lesson planning this summer, educators might also take time to reflect on their core beliefs about learning and teaching.

Why I Advocate: One Teacher's Fight to Keep Standards in Her Classroom

Meredith Starks, a 3rd grade teacher, advocates for the Common Core outside her classroom so she can keep up the progress within her classroom.

What does a flipped classroom look like at each grade level?

Although the term “flipped learning” is almost universally recognized, teachers apply it in many forms, in all grades levels, and in various school environments. If you are a teacher using flipped …