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 ...

Many elementary students' math performance improves when their teachers collaborate, work in professional learning communities or do both, yet most students don't spend all of their elementary school ...

Long division can be tough to learn, but it can also be difficult to teach, said Luther Burbank Elementary School teacher Guy Cottle. Those dual challenges are among the reasons why Cottle and fellow ...

Many elementary students' math performance improves when their teachers collaborate, work in professional learning communities or do both, yet most students don't spend all of their elementary school ...

If professional learning communities offer opportunities for improving the teaching and learning process, then developing strong professional development school (PDS) partnerships establish an ...

Like many of you, after attending professional learning events such as the Annual Meeting and Affiliate conferences, I feel inspired, excited, and rejuvenated about teaching mathematics. Many of us ...

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.

Today’s guest blog is co-authored by Jenni Donohoo, a Provincial Literacy Lead in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch in the Ontario Ministry of Education. The term “job-embedded” is ...

it is well documented that teachers who habitually examine their shared work based on inquiry, observation, analysis of data, dialogue, and experimentation tend to be more effective than those who are ...

Networking in journalism, especially investigative journalism, is not merely about establishing superficial contacts but about building a trust-based, ethical, and resilient professional community.

Ecology and Society, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Dec 2008) (22 pages) ABSTRACT. Collaborative and community-based monitoring are becoming more frequent, yet few studies have examined the process and outcomes of ...