In the age of COVID-19, we need to develop survival skills, both personally and professionally. Luckily, as teachers, we have honed flexibility and adaptability, and as artists, we create and innovate ...

The pandemic has given us a chance to reimagine education. Yet politicians and school administrators are charging full speed ahead to re-open schools exactly as they were. For many, that may work just ...

instructor in a graduate program on how to teach at a distance. The classes are held both face to face and -- not surprisingly -- at a distance. She says that trying to judge the quality of a distance ...

Lecture theaters are emptying as universities switch to online learning to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but this option is not open to many schools. Universities are switching to online ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Many California school districts offered a wide variety of training over the summer to ...

There’s no doubt that COVID-19 distance learning makes this academic school year unlike any other. Teacher Appreciation Week begins on May 4th and it offers an opportunity to take a moment and express ...

Science teacher Mickey Sullivan teaches about 100 middle school students from her kitchen table. Every school day Sullivan dresses, fixes her hair and puts on earrings as if she were going to school ...

If there’s one thing everyone can agree on from this past spring, it’s that distance learning is challenging. Undoubtedly, much of this was due to the fact that teachers had limited time to move their ...

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room In negotiations with school districts around the state, the California Teachers Association has argued, with some success, that school ...

When you’ve been at something for 50 years, whether it’s operating a turret lathe or teaching political science, you probably think that you’ve mastered the trade. But like the lathe operator having ...

Trauma-informed teaching cannot be simplified to cookie-cutter practices. Take this example: a teacher worked with a student to develop a silent signal that he could use when he needed extra breaks ...