New teachers need to prioritise the building of strong relationships with staff and students in their first year ...

Truman School bilingual first-grade teacher Maria Teresa Rosario took a break from teaching class Tuesday to instead be ...

What have we been conditioned to think an effective classroom looks like? For many, it’s a vision that includes tables of students sitting quietly, working diligently as the teacher walks around or ...

It’s accepted wisdom that good relationships between teachers and their students lead to students who are willing to work harder in the classroom. Could those positive feelings also have an impact in ...

In one of my first weeks of teaching, through a series of unfortunate events, poor lesson planning and overly enthusiastic students, I ended up with egg all over my brand-new dress pants. It was ...

Middle school marks the transition from late childhood to early adolescence. Developmental psychologist Erik Erikson describes the transition as a shift from the Industry vs. Inferiority stage (ages 6 ...

For 17-year-old Warren Coates, a teacher who’s taken the time to build a relationship with him is highly motivating. “When there’s a teacher that I have a relationship with, I—100 percent—try harder ...

Feb. 20—Teaching wasn't meant to be a long-term career choice for Aubrey Pompey following his college graduation. Coaching? Not even in the question. So much for those other plans. Decades later, ...

Any of us in the classroom—or connected to it in some way—clearly see the need to support our students’ mental health. Here are nine strategies to do just that. Ron Berger has nearly 50 years of ...

As Mara Tieken was beginning her teaching career in 2002, she pulled out a map of the U.S. Carefully considering where she, as a new elementary school teacher, would land, Tieken gazed past urban ...