We’ve all heard about faculty stereotypes: the absent-minded professor, the one who so entrenched in her own research that she doesn’t have any desire to focus on students; the disheveled, unkempt, ...

I couldn’t have been more prepared for my first year as a 9th grade math teacher in Chicago. Or so I thought. I brushed up on my skills over the summer by working through Pre-Algebra and Algebra ...

What would you say is the hardest part of teaching? For me, it is lesson planning. It takes me on average six hours a week to plan instruction for the nine science units I teach each year. It’s not ...

Think of your lesson as a story and your lesson plan as its script. And remember that a good plan considers the people involved in the lesson, not just the activities Lesson plans are useful not just ...

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 ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Today, I’d like to share my own secret weapon for mid-semester productivity (and mental sanity ...

Ladderworks is a publishing platform of diverse picture books and online curriculum with the mission to empower over a million kids to become social entrepreneurs. Our current series features ...

Education is a busy space for startups right now. With e-learning tools like Codecademy and Udemy gaining momentum, and tools for educators like Coursekit raising millions of dollars in funding, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Teacher workload is a growing problem in Australia and internationally. When teachers are working long hours with few supports, this ...