The Big List of Teacher Development
Articles
- Workshops on one-to-one laptop programs, building leadership, grant writing, connecting with ELL students, and more.8/13/2008
- An interactive reading system; free, federal, online classroom materials; a provocative film comparing global high schools; and a school-supply donor site for classrooms in need.8/13/2008
- Persistence and reevaluation create change in ELL proficiency.8/13/2008
- Out in the baking desert of southeastern California, added professional support gives teachers a breath of fresh air.8/13/2008
- As public dollars dwindle, administrators must sharpen their money-raising skills.8/13/2008
- Edutopia predicts: What's in store for the coming school year.8/13/2008
- Educational activism kicks into high gear.8/13/2008
- A mentor must offer support for both the head and the heart.8/13/2008
- Online mentoring supports new teachers and rejuvenates veterans.8/13/2008
- Where do the presidential candidates stand on public education?8/13/2008
- Key lessons center on connecting and modeling.7/30/2008
Find out how game playing enhances learning, plus the Public Charter School conference, the NECC's national ed-tech blowout, and more.
5/27/2008- G-rated search, a browser for autistic children, free online ecology and alternative-energy games, electronic science labs, and a new, affordable, lightweight PC.5/27/2008
- Professional learning communities enhance knowledge and teamwork.5/26/2008
- From devastated New Orleans they came, to learn and to heal.5/23/2008
- A novel approach allows South African educators to talk about sensitive topics.5/19/2008
- Stereotypes and low pay keep men away from teaching. But that Y chromosome can make a huge difference in the classroom.4/28/2008
- Mentor educators discuss what they do to be successful at what they do.4/22/2008
- Mentor educators share tips about finding the best resources.4/21/2008
Nidya Baez talks about the importance of connecting with students and why she wants to teach in her own community.
4/1/2008- How mentor educators respond to the key challenges of their job.3/25/2008
- Jonathon Kozol talks about building relationships, fostering creativity, and standing up for students.3/25/2008
- Conferences on ed-tech, charter schools, disabilities, phys ed, new media, summer learning, and the IRA, and a math conference featuring Malcolm Gladwell.3/21/2008
- Chicken soup for the classroom soul, world peace through film, strategies for struggling readers, and creating your own online comics.3/20/2008
- The first U.S. Children's Poet Laureate reflects on his school years.3/20/2008
How public schools struggle with a special-needs crisis, plus profiles of three programs that work, a look at technology as teacher's aid, and a slide show about peer-to-peer prep.
3/19/2008- Teacher preparation programs provide educators-to-be with the tools, mentors, and hands-on experience they'll need once they begin their career.3/16/2008
- Our executive director comes to understand just how tough it is to be a school leader.3/11/2008
A film and its sequel help teachers and students talk about gay people.
1/24/2008A university in this formerly Communist nation endeavors to update the educational system's Soviet-era pedagogy.
1/21/2008How to link teacher compensation to teacher accomplishment -- and a look at a school that makes it work.
1/15/2008- The dos and don'ts of requesting supplies at DonorsChoose.org.1/14/2008
- An invitation to explore the impact of smaller teachers' colleges on less-populated regions.1/14/2008
- To the presidential candidates, we say, "Look to the public schools -- that's our future."1/14/2008
- Ed-tech conferences, a workshop about service-learning curriculum, the National Arts Education Association Convention, and "the world's fair of education."1/14/2008
- How do we get better new-teacher support to keep our newest educators in the profession?
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1/12/2008 - Schools and community pull together for the world's largest chalk drawing.1/12/2008
- School meals from around the world.1/12/2008
- The star and producer of NBC's hit comedy My Name Is Earl talks about his school years.1/10/2008
Educators enrich their profession with globe-trotting experience -- and get funding to do it.
1/9/2008- A veteran administrator says it's irrelevant whether teacher preparation is traditional or alternative -- we just need to make it better.12/11/2007
Experience Boston's homegrown training program that places candidates in the classrooms of experienced mentor teachers for a full year. More to this story.
11/20/2007- Online education is a growing force in teacher preparation.11/19/2007
- Professional growth is personal.11/19/2007
- The best teachers for the toughest schools.11/19/2007
- Where graduate students and kids learn side-by-side.11/19/2007
- Homegrown training for Beantown devotees.11/19/2007
- A triple threat of training: academics, teaching, and technology.11/19/2007
- Practice makes perfect, and so does quality assurance.11/18/2007
- It takes a university and a community.11/18/2007
- Pioneering programs show the way to better teacher preparation. Here are our favorites.11/16/2007
- Math for the masses. Science, too.11/16/2007
Teachers-in-training at the Boston Teacher Residency offer words of wisdom from the front lines.
11/15/2007- An interview with the award-winning actress and founder of Hope Village, a program for abused and neglected children.11/15/2007
- How do I help English-language learners catch up for standardized tests?11/14/2007
- Innovative schools invent better ways to prep educators for the classroom.11/14/2007
- Teachers become sentinels as student writing is scrutinized for threats of violence.11/13/2007
- With green going mainstream, schools are catching on and looking to these resources for supplies.10/9/2007
- Helpful resources for those curious about sustainability.10/9/2007
- Eating within your "foodshed."10/4/2007
- Educators must pay attention to the disabilities they can see, as well as those they can't.10/4/2007
- Cutting out chemical cleaners boosts health for kids and teachers.10/4/2007
- Twenty-two likely carcinogenic pesticides are used in most schools.10/3/2007
- Junk becomes classroom jewels for creative recycling educators.10/3/2007
- How can I make my media center the hub of learning in our school?10/3/2007
- An award-winning science teacher inspires students to be the environmental "best in the galaxy."10/3/2007
- In a new book on climate change, a celebrity champion of sustainability inspires kids to teach their parents.10/3/2007
- Two Canadian teachers, on a quest to infuse environmentalism into today's teaching programs, launched Green Teacher magazine.10/3/2007
- Thousands of educators and students have become agents of environmental change. Here are some outstanding leaders in a swelling educational movement.10/2/2007
- Whale watching -- and whale touching -- off the coast of Baja California provides a deeply personal connection to these magnificent mammals.10/2/2007
- Turning asphalt deserts into educational Edens is the goal of a burgeoning architectural movement.10/1/2007
- These Web sites are the cornerstones of a vast online educational community.9/6/2007
- The arts vacuum in public education is filled by locals who come to the rescue.9/4/2007
- Science is next on the NCLB test list, and it's time for another wake-up call.9/2/2007
- As China rises, speaking its language becomes a practical advantage.9/2/2007
- As the weather cools, discussions of the race to the White House heat up.9/2/2007
- As the school year begins, we look to the future and at ten ideas to improve education.9/2/2007
- As veteran educators retire and good young teachers drop out, incentive pay may be the answer to making the center hold.9/1/2007
- Hate No Child Left Behind? It’s here to stay, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be improved.9/1/2007
- When Roger Sampson arrived as superintendent of Alaska's Chugach School District in 1994, he took charge of what he terms "a mess" -- a district with high teacher turnover, hostile community relations, poor graduation rates, and nearly zero college attendance. "The school board was very clear," recalls current superintendent Robert Crumley, who was then a head teacher and principal. "They said regardless of what we do, we have to change."8/31/2007
- In gritty north Jersey, an old chocolate factory becomes a model of sustainability.8/31/2007
- In remote Alaska, an innovative district ditches grade levels -- and increases learning.8/31/2007
- Journey to the other side of California's legendary Sierra Nevada mountain range.8/30/2007
Isaac Newton hops aboard a two-wheeled teaching tool.
8/30/2007
Media
- Montclair State gets future teachers into real schools real fast. More to this story.3/27/2008
One California program recruits the youngest partners in treating autistic children. More to this story.
3/19/2008- This old college is teaching aspiring educators new tricks, with a focus on experiential learning, classroom immersion, and mentoring. More to this story.11/19/2007
The education visionary speaks about innovation in education and the critical need for businesses to better support educational programs.
9/18/2007Susan Tidyman and Charlie Dayton of the Career Academy Support Network (CASN), at the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Education, discuss how career-academy programs are reforming our nation's public high schools.
3/16/2007The director of the University of Kansas's ALTEC discusses how ALTEC educators create and share resources and foster alliances.
3/16/2007Chris O'Neal, state director of the Virginia Initiative for Technology and Administrative Leadership (VITAL) -- and an Edutopia blogger -- discusses essential technology skills for school administrators and the issues they face daily, including data-driven decision-making, understanding the role of technology from a school or division administrator's perspective, and identifying and promoting effective use of technology in the classroom. VITAL provides technology training for Virginia's school principals, superintendents, and other school-leadership staff.
3/16/2007Two New Jersey principals -- veteran Tony Bencivenga, of Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, and Richard Kuder of Eisenhower Middle School in Wyckoff, for whom Bencivenga serves as a mentor, discuss principal mentoring.
3/16/2007Alan Sitomer, an influential high school English teacher talks about bridging the gap between the conventional language arts curriculum and hip-hop music, and how he revolutionized his English class. Amir Ali, a Lynwood senior and a former student of Sitomer's, joins him.
3/15/2007George Lucas, world-renowned filmmaker and the founder and chairman of The George Lucas Educational Foundation, speaks on the future of education, applying technology in the classroom, and the language of art and filmmaking. James Daly, editorial director of Edutopia.org, Edutopia magazine, and Edutopia video, comments on the role of Edutopia media in helping realize Lucas's vision.
3/15/2007Prakash Nair and Randall Fielding, partners in the school design firm of Fielding Nair International, will discuss new ways of creating community-based schools, as described in their article, "Small is Big," in the November issue of Edutopia magazine. The school construction business is a $30 billion industry annually and offers opportunities to rethink school facilities, partnerships, technology, and instruction.
3/15/2007Kathleen Cushman, noted education writer and author of Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students, discusses school-community partnerships and upcoming books produced by teams of student authors and photographers documenting life in their communities. Her article, "It Takes a Village," appears in the November issue of Edutopia magazine.
3/15/2007- This Massachusetts school teaches the basics with passion. More to this story.10/25/2006
- A radical plan for serving students and their families. More to this story.9/27/2006
- A full academic year after the storm hit, New Orleans has a grand plan to remake its battered schools. Making it a reality will take unity and money, two commodities rare in this fabled city. More to this story.5/6/2006
- The 2005 National Teacher of the Year grades American schools. More to this story.4/12/2006
- The 2005 National Teacher of the Year talks about his approach to education. More to this story.4/4/2006
- Despite large class sizes and economic challenges that plague many Oregon schools, Fullerton IV Elementary School has improved test scores dramatically by focusing on teacher training and support, including a math coach and summer workshops. More to this story.11/8/2005
- An interview with the founder and chairman of the George Lucas Educational Foundation on the new visual language of learning and teaching.6/1/2005
- The Las Vegas building boom has stretched the creativity and resources of the fastest-growing school district in the nation. More to this story.9/17/2004
- Proving there is a lively sense of community in America's boomtown, this school harnesses parents, businesspeople, and retirees who offer academic and financial support and staff after-school programs.9/6/2004
- An introduction to The George Lucas Educational Foundation, its mission, and its projects. More to this story.7/28/2004
- Parents and teachers, community members, and business partners combine their efforts to build a new school and revitalize a community. More to this story.4/14/2003
- Employers helped design the program at this charter school. More to this story.1/7/2003
- Healthier kids, a safer school, and improved academic achievement are just a few of the positive effects of this unique partnership between New York City schools and the city's venerable charity for kids. More to this story.9/3/2002
- There is a growing national movement to combat a potential school-administrator shortage through the use of experienced mentors. More to this story.8/1/2002
- How one fast-track teacher-licensure program is preparing mid-career professionals to become teachers. More to this story.9/11/2001
- What happens in schools of education does make a difference in the classroom. More to this story.9/1/2001
- Children help veteran and prospective teachers include technology in their lessons to enhance student learning. More to this story.9/1/2001
- At the University of Virginia, aspiring teachers are well prepared by working directly in classrooms and using the latest technology. More to this story.9/1/2001
- At Sherman Oaks Community Charter School, interactive technologies support the curriculum and facilitate communication among the staff. More to this story.10/1/2000
- When asked to establish a new community school where none had existed for twenty-five years, Sherman Oaks Community Charter School principal Peggy Bryan began by engaging parents and community members in the planning. More to this story.10/1/2000
- Sherman Oaks Community Charter School provides an unusual amount of support for its faculty, including ninety minutes of collaborative planning time each day. More to this story.10/1/2000
Interviews
- 12/15/2004
- 9/16/2002
