How can teachers help students develop problem-solving skills when they themselves, even though confronted with an array of problems every day, may need to become better problem solvers? Our ...
In Kakuma Refugee Camp, where thousands of individuals displaced by conflict struggle to rebuild their lives, education remains a fundamental challenge. Overcrowded classrooms, limited resources, and ...
Teacher retention remains a significant concern in Australia, with stress, burnout, and job dissatisfaction being major contributors to educators leaving the profession.
Effective teaching requires teacher confidence. It impacts teachers' performance and students’ reactions and learning outcomes. However, as we expected, there are major differences between male and ...
According to Michael Harrington and many other scholars, a careful reading of Marx's work makes it clear that he "regarded democracy as the essence of socialism." Soviet-style Communism, by contrast, ...
A new interactive resource from the National Council on Teacher Quality calls into question the efficacy of the traditional classroom model, underscoring how it isn’t structured to help teachers ...
This week’s question is: What role should arts education have in an overall school curriculum? There’s certainly been a lot of interest in this topic, and I’ve included many readers’ comments in this ...
Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
Whenever a college student asks me, a veteran high-school English educator, about the prospects of becoming a public-school teacher, I never think it’s enough to say that the role is shifting from ...
As a new semester rapidly approaches, and many of us look forward to returning to in-person classrooms with a mixture of anxiety and anticipation, this strikes me as an especially auspicious moment to ...
According to Michael Harrington and many other scholars, a careful reading of Marx's work makes it clear that he "regarded democracy as the essence of socialism." Soviet-style Communism, by contrast, ...