Shirley Hord, Learning Forward’s scholar laureate, has focused her career on research about and practice of effective professional learning communities. Here she answers an educator’s question about ...

The president of a major professional organization for science teachers has a new online essay on what seems like a familiar topic: “professional learning communities.” Page Keeley, of the National ...

Innovative community colleges have advanced many crucial priorities—introducing pathways, restructuring student services to improve the student experience and tackling barriers to student success ...

The ECO Center, owned by the East Central Ohio Educational Service Center, won the Community Improvement of the Year award.

Peer-led groups of faculty and professionals. (8-30 participants per group). Designed for active engagement, collaboration, and action research on topics ranging from academic technology to equity in ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh. On ...

Professional learning in many districts must undergo radical reform, from a model that’s outdated and ineffective to one that’s personal, empowering, and owned by the learner. How can we create such a ...

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

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In celebration of World Teachers’ Day, Apple® today launched all-new free classroom resources to help educators and students embrace creativity in any lesson, and ...

School District 54 has been recognized as a model Professional Learning Community (PLC) for its sustained success in raising student achievement. PLCs are schools and districts in which educators ...

The Major and Career Exploration Living Learning Community (LLC), located in Wilkeson Quad (Ellicott Complex) on North Campus, is designed for first-year students who are still exploring their major ...