Since implementing D3 ("Distributive, Dedicated, Dynamic"), the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township in Indiana has experienced many benefits from teacher collaboration. For example, special education faculty members now co-teach in general education classrooms and work with students who require additional support. Other teacher collaboration benefits include providing equity for the district's large English language […]

Professional learning, development and growth is an established practice across all professions and disciplines. In education, the stakes might even be higher. Not only do educators need to keep pace with the latest practices and technologies, but they also need to model what they demand from their students: lifelong learning. If we ask most educators […]

Today's focus on STEM projects seems irrevocably linked to makerspaces. Educators have seen students thrive when they experiment with tools and technology to create various objects.

Family problems, absences and poor grades can drive students to becoming a dropout. But what actually drives many teenagers to quit school, say experts, is a sense that nobody in the building cares about them.