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The National Council on Teacher Quality says most of the nation's teacher education programs that were reviewed are weak, but critics find fault with the project's methods.

The common core sets goals for what students should learn, not rigid curriculum guidelines, write Richard Laine and Chris Minnich.

The common core sets goals for what students should learn, not rigid curriculum guidelines, write Richard Laine and Chris Minnich.

I presented at the Australia New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) institutional members meeting in Sydney this morning. My key message — in the wake of the Georgia Tech-Udacity tie-up — is that business schools ought to be preparing for a top 100 business school getting in on the act in the not too distant […]

As a teacher-educator, Julie Gorlewski writes that she struggles with the same tensions that she faced in her K-12 classroom.

Judgments of teacher-prep programs should be linked to student achievement, say Edward Crowe, Michael Allen, and Charles Coble of Teacher Preparation Analytics.

After three years, a $1.5 million investment, and a huge staffing shake-up, the long-troubled former Shawnee High School in Louisville, Ky., remains on tenuous ground.

A flurry of education groups are staking out positions on the role tests should play in evaluating teachers and labeling schools.

Debate over the subject's relevancy brews in several states even as the Common Core State Standards for mathematics expect students to master that content.

As evidence on summer learning loss mounts, more districts are using that time to try out innovative learning strategies.

Schools have a wealth of student data but teachers are just beginning to learn how to use that information effectively, a report says.

New York City seems to be keeping teachers and school leaders around longer, despite declining teacher satisfaction nationwide, new data show.

A state-imposed teacher-evaluation system rolls out in three months, giving teachers and principals limited time to adapt.

Quality Rating and Improvement Systems are seen as a prod to professionalize the preschool field.

Students whose teachers regularly collaborate and participate in professional communities show more growth in math achievement than those whose teachers are more isolated professionally, according to a study.

A veteran teacher uses the last weeks of the school year to bolster her students' literacy skills before spring tests.

Coursera, a Silicon Valley-based company, is joining with 10 universities and postsecondary systems to create new "massive open online courses."

Some expanded-learning-time schools are now using their longer school days for arts education, according to a report.

A veteran teacher uses the last weeks of the school year to bolster her students' literacy skills before spring tests.

Interest rates on new student loans are likely headed higher after the U.S. Senate failed last week to advance proposals to keep them from doubling July 1.