The first NYU study, led by Kristin Black, a research scientist at the university’s Institute for Human Development and ...

Headlines were bleak when results from the test known as the “Nation’s Report Card” came out last year. Local newspapers around the country documented their districts’ declining scores. Editorials ...

Grouping English learners together in classrooms, a longstanding practice in schools, has no impact—positive or negative—on reading development for elementary school students, shows a new study by a ...

This desk arrangement facilitates peer discussions and supports effective collaborative and independent work. And students prefer it.

For years, K-12 schools have grouped English learners in classrooms, driven by factors including limited resources and the intention to provide targeted language instruction to students with similar ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are your recommendations for how best to set up and organize small groups in classroom instruction? Many teachers find that well-organized student small-group ...

Are you teaching with Poynter.org? Access, view and download student performance and progress reports. You must be a designated group leader in our system and be logged in to view the contents of this ...

Even as the school year gets underway for nearly every district across the United States, colleges, universities, and K-12 programs, both public and private, are in varying degrees of panic and ...

When we facilitate professional development events, there’s often a common theme: teachers understand the importance of active STEM teaching and learning, but don’t always know how to implement it in ...