Whether your a new teacher or a veteran, hearing some new ideas is never a bad thing. After 20yrs in the class, this is my best advice for kicking start off a great year.

How much should we invest in teachers, and what should new investment actually involve? Education innovator Randy Seriguchi Jr. suggests the US should create a "G.I. Bill" for teachers, with a particular emphasis on uplifting Black male...

If you are a teacher who is trying to make new lesson plans, or a student trying to learn more, we have some psychology hacks for you!

Gloria Ladson-Billings (PhD Stanford ’84) is the Chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction where she holds the Kellner Family Endowed Professorship in Urban Education and is Faculty Affiliate in the Departments of Educational...

Gloria Ladson-Billings is the Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the 2005-2006 president of the American Educational Research Association....

MOT 1948: ARLINGTON SCHOOL TEACHERS: EXT WS Man walking into school building. INT WS Two female teachers talking by stairs. REPRISAL: VS Superintendent William A. Early (unconfirmed) talking w/ new teacher '...Arlington is an educator's...

Diane Ravitch is a Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. She is the Founder and President of the Network for Public Education (NPE).



Diane Ravitch’s Blog is...

In courses such as The Teaching of Writing, Writing Non-Fiction, and Teaching English in Diverse Social/Cultural Contexts, Sealey-Ruiz, who started her career as a high school English teacher in 1993, seeks to “guide...

Stephen teaches in Public School 55 in New York City’s South Bronx, the poorest Congressional District in America. His big idea – pioneered in the Bronx where 37% of residents are food insecure – is to grow food indoors and...

For more than four decades, Suzanne C. Carothers has been in the field of education as a teacher of the youngest of learners to – those who do the teaching, those who are school leaders, and those who inform policy affecting children...

Internationally Acclaimed Thought Leader and "Practical Visionary"; Founder, The Global Future Education and Foundation Institute; and Author



Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed thought leader,...

After teaching in both public and private schools for a number of years, Dr. Ingersoll obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. From 1995 to 2000 he was a faculty member in the Sociology...

After teaching in both public and private schools for a number of years, Dr. Ingersoll obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. From 1995 to 2000 he was a faculty member in the Sociology...

Jamaal Bowman is the founding principal of Cornerstone Academy for Social Action Middle School and has worked as an educator for over 15 years. He is also a proud father to three children.



Jamaal was trained to be a school...

My name is Jacob Clifford and I’m a teacher. Many people have asked me what’s the hardest part about my job and they’re surprised by the answer. It’s not something that most people would consider…unless of course you’re a teacher. The...

Dr. Randall Glading joins the Educational Leadership and Literacy Department at the Isabelle Farrington College of Education after enjoying 35 years of service in public education. Early on in his career, he taught Special Education...

Dr. Sonia Nieto has devoted her professional life to questions of diversity, equity, and social justice in education. A native of Brooklyn, New York, she began her teaching career in 1966 in an intermediate school in Brooklyn,...

José Luis Vilson is a math educator for a middle school in the Inwood / Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, NY. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from Syracuse University and a master's degree in...

Dr. Randall Glading joins the Educational Leadership and Literacy Department at the Isabelle Farrington College of Education after enjoying 35 years of service in public education. Early on in his career, he taught Special Education...

Claire Bond Potter, Professor Emeritus at The New School, reflects fondly on her third-grade teacher, Doris Balant, as the most special educator in her life. Balant, who still lives in upstate New York, created a relaxed and supportive...

Ginny Lowe Connors’ chapbook, Under the Porch (Hill-Stead Museum, 2010) won the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize.



She’s published several poetry collections, including Barbarians in the Kitchen (Antrim House Books,...

For 30 years he has served in various roles serving public education, including: James (Jim) Forde was born in Yonkers, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, and currently lives and James (Jim) Forde was born in Yonkers, New York,...

Mercer Hall has been teaching for over sixteen years at an independent school on Long Island, New York. He is a five-time honoree as Teacher Of The Year, and he has been awarded both the Thomas J. Reid Excellence In Teaching Award and...

Shulamith Chernoff was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the Teacher’s Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary, as well as Columbia University. Deeply influenced by her mother , a linguiist and publisher, and her father, a...