More than 10 years ago, a group of deans from many of the nation’s premier teacher education programs warned of the consequences of continuing to be disconnected from research, classrooms, and the ...

The No Child Left Behind Act is far from perfect, but it has had a positive impact on our schools. As Congress prepares to reauthorize the law, it should not toss out the program, but fix what is ...

Representations play a vital role in enhancing students’ understanding of mathematics by transforming complex problems into graphical, visual, symbolic, or alternative linguistic formats (National ...

Gates: It's worth spending what it takes for strong evaluation system He says better measuring will empower teachers to do their best work Today I released my annual letter. Each year, I reflect on ...

Q. My students are having such trouble with measurement. Particularly changing units, like feet to yards, etc. I teach fifth grade and it is my first year. I am stumped and all of the things I’ve ...

As President Obama is inaugurated for his second term, it is worth asking what made his campaign succeed in the face of such strong economic and political headwinds? Nearly every analysis we’ve read ...

I teach measurement – the quantification of things. Some people think this is the most objective of the sciences; just numbers and observations, or what many people call objective facts. Lord Kelvin, ...