SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WPRI) — The clock is ticking for the Northern Rhode Island Collaborative (NRIC) which is on track to be dissolved by the end of the school year. The nonprofit is geared toward ...

Successful co-teachers build their partnership on trust by establishing clear roles and making time to plan together.

Collaborative learning in virtual classrooms can transform passive lessons into dynamic, student-led experiences that build critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills. With the right ...

Creating protected time for teachers to collaborate with colleagues provides – in theory – an opportunity for teachers to improve teaching, and reduces the time they have to spend in the evenings and ...

Decades of research suggest engaging, effective teachers are the most important factor in student learning. But linking ongoing teacher learning to student achievement has proven more difficult. Now ...

Teachers who are happy and satisfied with their job are probably better at it, past research (and general wisdom) has said. But a new study looks at exactly how teacher satisfaction affects student ...

Many elementary students' math performance improves when their teachers collaborate, work in professional learning communities or do both, yet most students don't spend all of their elementary school ...

A 2007 study by Jade Landry-Cuerrier and Tamara Lemerise conducted in approximately 40 elementary schools in the Montreal area provides several interesting insights into teachers' desires and needs ...

The gifted group. The slow group. The behavioral issues group. Grouping in schools fell out of favor partially because educators—and parents—felt like kids were getting labeled and that groupings didn ...

The first week of May is National Teacher Appreciation Week. While every single person in our organization plays a critical ...