Trendy approaches to teaching come and go, but some of them stick around. Inquiry-based learning, for example, is no longer a trend--it’s the dominant mode of instruction for many educators around the ...

When we make class time about exploration, it’s important that we not only design worthy assessments, but we also track what we learn while the students are going through the process. This data will ...

Transforming teaching practices is a long, slow road. But increasingly schools and teachers experiencing success are sharing their ideas online and in-person. Science Leadership Academy opened as a ...

In just a few short years, technology has changed education in Anderson County. Out are the traditional lectures, memorization and learning by rote. In are Chromebooks, digital textbooks and ...

Whether it be project-based learning, design thinking or genius hour, it's easy to get confused by the many education buzzwords floating about. But at their heart these pedagogies are all ...

The National Science Education Standards point out that “assessments provide an operational definition of standards, in that they define in measurable terms what teachers should teach and students ...

The Indiana Academic Standards for Science and the Next Generation Science Standards emphasize inquiry as a prominent instructional method and a defining characteristic of science. This workshop ...

One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...

Esther Storrie is the learning resource center director at Pleasant Ridge Elementary in Glenview, Ill. She is on Twitter. Updated November 25, 2015, 3:22 AM As an educator, if you ask me, “How do you ...

San Antonio early education provider says children entering the workforce in 2040 need environments built for inquiry, ...