EdSource · The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 January 8, 2026 - It's time for John ...

(This is the final post in a four-part series. You can see Part One here, Part Two here, and Part Three here.) The new question-of-the-week is: How can administrators (and even other teachers) best do ...

Different observation tools are available to suit various needs. Policy makers in states from coast to coast are demanding more rigorous teacher evaluations that lead to real improvements in ...

Instructional leaders need to know what is happening when the bell rings and the door closes — in every classroom, in every building, every day. And the best way to do that is through careful but ...

Talk to any teacher, and you'll soon realize something surprising: they're lonely. No, not in the typical sense of craving social relationships. Teachers are lonely in the sense that they do most of ...

Student teaching is a full-time program, requiring at least 13 weeks in a prek-12 classroom with a mentor teacher. A teacher candidate works five days each week in the classroom. During the first week ...

Have you ever been in a classroom when a principal walks in? Planned or random, evaluative or not, the atmosphere changes. The entrance of an administrator can create tension where there was none, or ...

Policy makers around the world struggle with how to ensure that teachers are effective in the classroom. Pay-for-performance schemes, which provide teacher bonuses, have become increasingly popular, ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cognia announced the release of its dynamic new Teacher Observation Tool™ that enables teachers to review their instructional practice across five dimensions of ...

A sweeping new evaluation system would grade Houston ISD teachers based on their students' test scores, classroom observations, and "planning and professionalism," according to a draft proposal ...

The controversy over the value of teaching evaluation surveys completed by students has led to increased calls to include some type of faculty observation as part of one’s teaching dossier. Those ...

Joy Hamm has taught 11 years in a variety of English-language settings, ranging from kindergarten to adult learners: One idea for making teacher observations a learning opportunity rather than a ...