Every other Wednesday, staff members meet in professional learning communities. School leaders say the practice increases ...

As two former school superintendents, we’ve witnessed firsthand how learning communities can enrich the personal and professional lives of classroom teachers. In school systems nationwide, we have ...

Research has found that high-quality curricula have a significant impact on student achievement (Steiner, 2017; Chingos & Whitehurst, 2012). But a curriculum is not effective on its own. It requires ...

For over a decade, professional learning communities (PLCs) have been touted as an effective way to build upon the knowledge and skills of experienced teachers, yet much of the evidence base is ...

Post by Julianne Turner, PhD. Dr. Turner has worked with teachers in several professional development projects to support increased student engagement through teacher instruction. She is Professor ...

Paula Stamey, a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Benton, Tennessee, taught for 20 years before her school became a Verizon Innovative Learning School and adopted one-to-one technology in 2017.

LITTLE ROCK -- Nine Arkansas schools and two school districts have been named Professional Learning Communities at Work project schools for the 2020-2021 school year by the Arkansas Department of ...

Supported by the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Track 3; Award #2345094), Michigan Technological University and Northern Michigan University are collaborating to expand the Michigan ...

“Community” is a hot buzzword, referring to everything from a physical neighborhood to a cohort of people rallying around a purpose or shared interest. As observed in Harvard Business Review: “The ...