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Fourth grade teacher Andrea Coulter, and her student-teacher, Kelsey Frost, background, instruct students using a co-teaching method at Clearview Elementary School in Clear Lake, Minn.
—Jenn Ackerman for Education Week

Better Teacher-Candidate Mentoring Targeted

To improve the student-teaching experience, teacher education programs are taking more care in picking and guiding "cooperating" teachers. (November 26, 2012)

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Teacher Beat Blog

07/31 05:05 pm | Walton Expands TFA Grants With $20M More | The Walton Foundation re-ups its support for Teach For America.

Teaching Ahead Blog

07/26 10:02 am | Creating a Career Ladder for Teachers | Brooke Peters Marsha Ratzel brought up an important point: Teachers need job descriptions that accurately reflect what we are expected to do. I would also add that we need ...

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When Teacher's Out: Building a Professional Substitute-Teaching Force
In this webinar, our guests discuss the role of the substitute teacher, the implications of teacher absences, and how school districts can improve the quality of substitute teachers.

Special Collection

Commentary Collection: Perspectives on TFA in its 20th Year
In its two decades, Teach For America has dispatched more than 20,000 young teachers to work in some of America's poorest schools and communities.

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April 2, 2013 - Education Week
A Washington-based arts-education group partners with area schools to get kids writing plays, which professional actors then bring to life on stage.
April 2, 2013 - Teacher
Math teacher Josh Woodward says that leaving a traditional school environment for a blended-learning model has given him a new sense of career and instructional possibilities.
March 27, 2013 - Teacher
Jennifer Barnett says that introducing initiatives to get students thinking about life after high school has had a dramatic effect on student involvement and engagement at her school.
March 26, 2013 - Teacher
At the expense of creation, our classrooms have become too focused on celebrating the lives of others, writes Stephen R. Herr.
March 26, 2013 - Education Week
Schools must look beyond salary to the benefits and working conditions they offer when looking to hire and retain teachers, Regis Anne Shields and Karen Hawley Miles write.
March 26, 2013 - Education Week
The Match Teacher Residency is one of a small number of programs that train aspiring teachers for the classroom through practice.
March 25, 2013 - Education Week
Educators should use the common-core standards as a springboard to deeper learning in schools, Ken Kay and Bob Lenz write.
March 22, 2013 - Education Week
Literacy teacher Jessica Cuthbertson explains what losing her voice to laryngitis recently taught her about good teaching.
March 20, 2013 - Teacher
A specialist in kinesthetic teaching says that the use of creative movement in the classroom can help students make deeper emotional and interpersonal connections to academic subjects.
March 20, 2013 - Teacher

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