Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

Over time, every teacher makes small changes that have a big impact on how their classes run. A veteran teacher shares the ...

Incorporating peer review and individual reflections makes frequent, intentional formative assessment manageable, with big benefits for student learning.

Debates on college campuses today seem to turn ugly so fast. Students, professors, and administrators use phrases like “walking on eggshells” to convey their fear of saying something that might get ...

When Jean Kaneko started volunteering at her son’s kindergarten class in Santa Monica, California, she was surprised by how hesitant the children were to play with toys they didn’t recognize, to make ...

This post originally appeared on Brainly’s blog and is republished here with permission. In the U.S, teachers are outnumbered on average 16 students to 1 teacher in the classroom (though this number ...

Khalil Jones is in his final semester at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and student teaching at East High School in the Kansas City Public Schools. With support from the Walton Family ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It’s been a challenging week at Almira Elementary School, so I stay with Mrs. Sharon Lenahan after school to help, while she’s doing some cleaning and rearranging of her ...

There are no magic bullets out there but there are a number of relatively small “moves” we teachers can make in the classroom that have the potential of generating larger positive impacts. A series ...