This is an installment of the Stories Teachers Share podcast. Listen above or on iTunes to hear how the story unfolds. High school English teacher Alexa Schlechter was used to having a mix of students ...

The earliest piece of writing I can remember producing was a story, written in phonetic spelling on small pieces of scrap paper stapled together. Mimicking as best I could a “real” picture book, I ...

An English teacher is being closely monitored at Kingswood Regional High School after administrators said she assigned an inappropriate essay topic to her students. Jack Robertson, superintendent of ...

Effective course design begins with understanding the process of thinking and learning. These processes are commonly termed "metacognition." Metacognition includes a critical awareness of one’s ...

This story is the fourth of a six-part series with the Hechinger Report looking at how schools are preparing for the Common Core State Standards in Florida. It was produced in partnership with ...

Practice in the original composition of poetry supplemented by the reading and analysis of standard works. Each student is expected to prepare a manuscript each week. There will be a weekly workshop ...