What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

There are several ways that teacher-time could be restructured, or existing procedures better utilized, in order to improve both instruction and student learning: 1) Teachers need uninterrupted, ...

Views about the No Child Left Behind Act are currently as divided as Berlin before the wall came down. But whatever one thinks about the 5-year-old federal law, it’s clear that developing ...

The spontaneous and "in-the-moment" dynamics of successful case discussions mask the considerable planning that instructors carry out prior to each class session. Paradoxically, it is the very ...

Co-teaching can be an incredible asset for schools with few resources or staff. But what do you do if your co-teacher lives in another state? In the summer of 2015, we (Zach, a fifth-year teacher in ...