Effective veteran teachers hit the ground running in September and never look back. But ask most of them about their first year or two, and you’ll hear tale after tale of classroom woe. Even some of ...

Teacher pay, working conditions, and benefits apparently aren't enough to keep the California Teachers Association busy. It wants to negotiate over everything that takes place in the classroom, ...

The cafeteria at Orange Ridge Elementary bustles with noise as children laugh and talk with their classmates. But one table set off from the rest is quiet. Lynne Eash's students sit in a straight row, ...

I have spent several days this week visiting elementary schools with my therapy dog. Reading with the kids has been a great pleasure, and hearing their pet stories and sharing their worries has been ...

Document: View the text of a “Contract on Classroom Behavior” that three professors at Western Illinois University ask their students to sign on the first day of ...