Science teacher Michelle Underwood once described herself as a "death-by-PowerPoint" lecturer. Today her classroom hums with the energy of students absorbed in collaborative learning projects. Her personal transformation helped change her school.
In Louisville, Kentucky, Jefferson County Public Schools are seeing positive results from a districtwide commitment to the CARE for Kids program made just two years ago.
Discover successful schools and strategies across the country -- and use their best teaching practices, training materials, and rubrics with your students.
A public middle school and high school in Whitfield County, Georgia show how to recreate the learning strategies of a renowned charter school in a traditional setting.
Mistakes become learning opportunities in Ben Mook's 7th grade algebra class. He assesses his students by challenging them to solve real-life problems, emphasizing their thought processes over getting the right answers.
The Vail School District in southern Arizona developed a wiki for teachers to share lesson plans and resources. Today, the wiki is a smash hit, and textbooks are a thing of the past.