Elementary school teachers often play a special role in their students’ lives, wiping away their kindergarteners’ tears when they’re missing their parents or supporting their fourth graders through a ...

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 ...

In Rhode Island and other states, teacher and student absences rose during the COVID pandemic and then partially receded, demonstrating a shift in attendance patterns in which teacher absences might ...

Technology’s impact on K-12 education has been transformative, ushering in a new era of learning characterized by enhanced accessibility, engagement, and personalized instruction. In recent years, ...

Funded with a generous bequest from Lorton, who passed away in 2021, the chair that bears her name is the first endowed faculty position in the Department of Teaching and Learning. As Dou remarked at ...

Between oversized classrooms and state mandates, about 90 percent of teachers have reported feeling tired and frustrated. In fact, over 500,000 educators left the field after the pandemic, leading to ...

We asked teachers what type of impact current debates about how public schools should be teaching about topics like race and gender identity have had on their ability to do their job. A sizeable share ...

Teachers from across Arkansas came to the state Capitol during the 2023 legislative session to protest the Arkansas LEARNS bill, but to no avail. The law went into effect this year. Credit: Brian ...