There are three essential components to effective Student Learning: 1. Student Motivation; a strong desire to learn with a "do not give up attitude" to continue notwithstanding periodic frustrations, ...

In a story seemingly lost over the summer, Commissioner Candice McQueen went to bat for federal funding on behalf of Tennessee’s 146 school districts, 70,000 educators and 1,000,000 public school ...

A new school year is upon us, and teachers across the country are returning to their classrooms recharged, bursting with ideas and brimming with optimism. What’s at the top of their to-do lists?

Effective K-12 classroom management cultivates a classroom learning environment conducive to success, fostering engagement, discipline, and academic success. Advantages include promoting collaboration ...

Teachers in K–3 classrooms may be wary of technology, but with the right approach it can enable and extend teacher-led instruction There are plenty of reasons that K–3 teachers tend to be less likely ...

Mastery of reading requires developing its highly interrelated major component skills: decoding, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. These components are discussed separately below, but they work ...

As the next school year approaches, we all face the harsh reality that schools will likely remain closed and online instruction will continue. The transition to virtual learning poses new and unique ...

In the Sept. 26, 2025, opinion essay, “Small-Group Reading Instruction Is Not as Effective as You Think,” authors Mike Schmoker and Timothy Shanahan list shortcomings of small-group reading ...