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Country plans shift away from evaluating faculty members only on research metrics. Move would also make it possible to be hired on the basis of teaching.
Dutch study finds students do not get better grades if they are taught by leading scholars
Teachers are using their own money so pupils don't miss out.
In states blue, red and purple, teachers have risen up to demand increases in salaries, benefits and funding for public education.
With high stakes testing and a crowded curriculum, something fundamental is being left behind in education – storytelling. Some might argue that speaking and listening have always been undervalued in schools…
Will we lose the enormous benefits that can come with the brilliant, the eccentric, the odd teacher?
When students feel accepted and respected by their teachers and peers, they will actively engage in academic and non-academic activities.
One economist found that platooning might be harming kids and two other economists found that looping is quite beneficial. “These studies are important because they tell us that teacher-student relationships matter"
Teachers should be re-named learning designers because of their changing role in the 21st century, says education professor.
The first professor whom students encounter in a discipline, evidence suggests, plays a big role in whether they continue in it.
He said things would get worse unless the way maths is taught was changed radically.
"My big thesis is that people hate maths because they don't know what maths is," Mr Woo said.
"Growing up, I hated music because I was forced to play scales. I lasted 1½ years and and went, 'Thank god this torture is over' and then, when I was 17 years -old, I picked up an acoustic guitar because I wanted to play a song I heard on the radio and realised music is a joy.
"Most people never transition in their understanding of mathematics, so they're still like seven-year-old me."
The winning teacher warns of pupils' deprivation and calls for more support for the arts.
Many see it as a further step in the de-professionalization of teaching.
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In the Indigenous Homelands of East Arnhem Land, University of Melbourne preservice teachers are learning the unique value of place and listening
Teacher preparation programs continue to ignore the sound science behind how people become readers.
Robots the classroom are highly engaging and motivating for students, and can have a cascading effect on learning across an entire school.
What happens to teachers who are forced to act as first responders?
One in five American teachers now works a second job on top of full-time teaching. Photographer Peter Rad captures what happens when they leave the classroom
Inspired by John Hattie, a middle school math teacher encourages students to articulate and measure their own learning.
An alternative to costly teacher professional development courses is already improving teaching in our classrooms.
Public school teachers are working longer hours, which they believe will have a negative impact on their ability to teach students.
Missy Cummings discusses her first job, her experience as one of the first female fighter pilots, and her time as a Duke professor.
There's been a drop in the number of people enrolling in teacher preparation courses. This is due to problems such as pay, professional autonomy, and a national obsession with standardised testing.
Despite the Federal Government’s teacher education reforms and the push for evidence-based teaching, less than 2% of ARC research funding is directed to educational research.
It has been predicted we will need 1,627 more classes for primary students nationally before 2025, and to respond to this demand we need to fix the gender imbalance in the teacher workforce.
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