How can we measure teacher effectiveness? The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) recently released their report, Student Learning, Student Achievement: How Do Teachers Measure ...

Teacher evaluations—both their role and the mechanics of carrying them out—are a politically fraught subject, and the Every Student Succeeds Act has kicked the dust up once again as states wrestle ...

Just what does a teacher do at school? And just what can a teacher do at home? Catholic educators in dioceses across the country are facing those fundamental questions as they decide this spring ...

There are those who think the best way to determine teacher effectiveness is by looking only at students' test scores. The simplicity of this approach can be seductive, but it is inherently flawed.

West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously reversed Wednesday a ruling that favored state education unions, in a case stretching back to 2011 and dealing with whom is defined as a "teacher." The high ...

An effort to define in law who a Tennessee teacher is has been revived by state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, and state Rep. Mike Carter, R-Ooltewah. The legislators offered the same bill a ...

To the editor: Karin Klein’s opinion piece suggests mentoring to improve teaching skills. A good idea, but it doesn’t address the core of the problem. First, define “teacher ... ’’ Time is up! What’s ...