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- Feed Preview Education Week: Professionaldevelopment
How to Bring 'Surprise and Delight' to Virtual Teacher Training During COVID-19
A Kansas teacher of the year explains her approach to offering super engaging professional development in a virtual setting.
It's Notoriously Hard to Evaluate PD. A New System Aims to Change That
A new process for judging the quality of professional development has made its debut, with the aim of answering a difficult question: Which PD is high-quality and which isn't?
Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Professional Development?
Quiz yourself: How have educational professional development needs and interests shifted since the start of the pandemic, and how are schools and districts addressing these changes?
Teachers Share Resources for Teaching Online During Coronavirus School Closures
To help ease the transition to remote instruction, educators have launched virtual professional learning communities to share resources, ask questions, and give advice.
When Teaching Media Literacy, Which News Sources Are Credible? Even Teachers Don't Agree
Like other Americans, liberal and conservative teachers perceive news sources' credibility differently. How does that affect their teaching of media literacy?
Research Center's Leadership Professional-Development Program Had No Impact. Why?
A recent study found that one organization's instructional-leadership professional development had no impact. Could it be because the topic of instructional leadership needs to be expanded?
Putting the 'Professional' Back in Teacher Professional Development
Teachers are the experts of the classroom, so they should be empowered to lead professional development, educators said at a forum that included the two national teachers' union presidents.
Kudzu Bricks, Tiny Homes, and Glow-in-the-Dark Horseshoes: Innovation in Rural Kentucky Schools
In rural Kentucky, teachers and students are awarded innovation grants to solve a challenge facing their community or classroom.
Teachers Prepare for Tough Classroom Conversations on the Civil War
About two dozen teachers from across the country spent a week wrestling with questions about how to remember the Confederacy.
What to Do When Physics Teachers Don't Know Physics
Many teachers are tapped to teach physics without prior training or experience. A new study explores a possible solution.
'It's Not Just Yoga and Nail Paint': Inside the Teacher Self-Care Conference
The two-day event, now in its third year, offers workshops on mental health and burnout, time-management and goal-setting, and strategies for navigating toxic workplace environments.
Teaching in the U.S. Should Be More 'Intellectually Attractive,' Global Expert Says
A panel of experts—including a national teacher's union president and an official from the Department of Education—discussed how to make teaching a more attractive profession.
A Gap in Teacher Training: Working With Students Who Have Concussions
A growing number of students have experienced a brain injury that could affect their ability to learn in school. Yet most teachers aren't prepared to work with these students.
No, Mentoring a Student-Teacher Won't Hurt Your Evaluation Score, Study Suggests
Mentoring a student-teacher won't hurt a teacher's district evaluation score—in fact, it might even give it a boost, according to a working study.
ASCD's Deborah Delisle to Depart in 2019
The resignation of the former U.S. Department of Education staffer, who has led ASCD since mid-2015, follows a long run of membership declines for the organization.
Haves and Have-Nots: We Must Prioritize Outside Professional Development for ALL Teachers
Many outside PD opportunities still separate the "haves" from the "have-nots" and uphold systemic oppression.
How Teachers Can and Should Use Technology in the Classroom
Integrating technology requires a significant investment of time and money, but the resources are well-spent if the focus is improving instruction, writes educational consultant Matthew Lynch.
What Other Countries Can Teach the U.S. About Teacher Professional Development
Countries that score highest on an international measure of student achievement tend to have these three things in common when it comes to professional development for teachers.
Here's What Works Best in Teacher Professional Development
In response to one school district's commitment to professional development, research explores teacher PD best practices and reviews the district's offerings.
Professional Learning Is More Meaningful When Done as a Team
High-quality professional learning is difficult to provide in education, principal Jasmine Kullar writes. Here's a solution.