In a Tuesday letter, Bob Gomperz wrote that teachers protesting at school board meetings have “no leg to stand on” when they complain about unruly kids. I take exception to that. I have five ...

One of my favorite memories of eighth grade was watching a classmate handwrite the next day's assignments on a chalk board. The different styles of writing and joining the letters together is almost ...

Education decisions are easy to criticize from the outside. After all, everyone has been to school. How hard can it be to teach? Twenty years ago I moved to teaching after a career in business, and I ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

School is starting soon and there’s a teacher shortage across the nation. It’s a well known fact that burnout is a common reason. I might have a solution or two that could be tried. K-2 nd graders or ...

Next week, school officials will decide the fate of Fort Smith teacher, Robert Taylor, following the use of the "N word" during a reading assignment. The excerpt comes from the book Warriors Don’t Cry ...

A Florida middle school teacher is expected to be charged with harassment over a letter he allegedly wrote to a female fifth-grade student, PEOPLE has learned. Manatee County Sheriff Public ...

A recent article, “N.J. teacher can sue Olympic fencer who said she pulled hijab off girl’s head, court rules,” includes this troubling sentence: “The state appellate court ruled Tuesday that, as a ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office in Florida is investigating a teacher who is accused of sending an inappropriate letter to one of his 11-year-old students. The school district is also ...