How can we measure teacher effectiveness? The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) recently released their report, Student Learning, Student Achievement: How Do Teachers Measure ...

Teacher evaluations—both their role and the mechanics of carrying them out—are a politically fraught subject, and the Every Student Succeeds Act has kicked the dust up once again as states wrestle ...

Just what does a teacher do at school? And just what can a teacher do at home? Catholic educators in dioceses across the country are facing those fundamental questions as they decide this spring ...

Senator Todd Gardenhire said Thursday at a breakfast meeting with county officials that he wants to strictly define what a “teacher” is. And Rep. Mike Carter said, the school board allegedly used ...

West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously reversed Wednesday a ruling that favored state education unions, in a case stretching back to 2011 and dealing with whom is defined as a "teacher." The high ...

When we began our 50 Great Teachers series, we set out to find great teachers and tell their stories. But we'll also be exploring over the coming year questions about what it means for a teacher to be ...