Academic instructors, hired for their content expertise, are rarely trained in skills like classroom facilitation or community-building. But successful collaborative learning requires a degree of ...

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 ...

At the Saint Louis University School of Education, our commitment to educators doesn’t end at graduation. BEGINS (Building Educators’ Growth in Neighboring Schools) is a professional learning ...

As the school year passes the midway point, the pressure builds. From my desk, my curriculum guide scolds me as if I were a student without a hall pass, “Now, where are you going? And, more ...

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.

Professional learning opportunities need to be designed with agency, fidelity, contextual learning, relevancy, and sustainability. When given agency, teachers understand the what, why, and how so they ...

The gifted group. The slow group. The behavioral issues group. Grouping in schools fell out of favor partially because educators—and parents—felt like kids were getting labeled and that groupings didn ...

This short course embraces the use of online environments to promote collaborative learning, to meet the professional needs of teachers and educators. For full instructions on how to apply for short ...

The ´Let´s Bet on Community Changes´ strategy in Peru aims to establish or reactivate the Pedagogical Technical Teams of ECE in each UGEL (educational management unit) at the national level. These ...