Editor’s Note: In 1988, a teacher most commonly had 15 years of experience. In recent years, that number is closer to just three years leading a classroom. The “On Teaching” series focuses on the ...

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One teacher made quite a mess in her classroom while demonstrating the importance of giving detailed instructions to her students. Kayleigh Sloan, 28, a first and second grade looping teacher in Idaho ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are the best ways to integrate writing in social studies classes? In schools, all of us need to be writing teachers, incuding those of us who teach social studies ...

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 ...

In late summer, the educator and writer Mike Rose died of a spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Santa Monica; he was seventy-seven. I learned of his death in the pitiless way that one often ...

This third entry in an occasional series from Roy Peter Clark, who witnessed the Poynter Institute’s founding, explores its history in honor of its 50th anniversary. It would be hard to estimate how ...

In lesson author Tim Smyth’s book, “Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels: Fun and Engaging Strategies to Improve Close Reading and Critical Thinking in Every Classroom” (Routledge 2022), he discuss ...

Kayleigh Sloan, 28, filmed herself following her students' exact instructions on how to make a PB&J to teach them about creative writing Kayleigh Sloan/TikTok Teacher Kayleigh Sloan, 28, has gone ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the single most effective instructional strategy you have used to teach writing? Teaching and learning good writing can be a challenge to educators and ...