As I’ve noted many times (see, for instance, here, here, and here), some corners in schooling today are marked by a bizarre enthusiasm for low expectations. This has fueled a push to eliminate ...

This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “Building a Faculty that Flourishes,” available in the Chronicle Store. Mention peer review of teaching in a faculty meeting, and you’re ...

As another school year begins many wonder how much learning was lost last year without consistent in-person instruction and how to help students to “catch up.” While some might attribute academic ...

How do expectations, particularly teacher expectations, affect students in the U.S.? Are standards high enough? Does Common Core, which has been adapted by some states, set the bar too high? These are ...

Three committees charged by Provost Alec D. Gallimore with improving teaching and supporting innovative academic structures wrapped up their first semester of work in December. The committees — ...

California is moving closer to eliminating the unpopular Reading Instruction Competence Assessment for teachers and replacing it with a performance assessment based on a new set of literacy standards ...

The new question of the week is: What is the role of teacher expectations in instruction? In Part One, Nancy Frey, Ph.D., Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., and Whitney Emke ...

If you cannot meet your class or recitation for any reason (e.g., illness, family emergency), contact the course instructor as soon as you know this. Together you will work out a plan for covering ...

As cratering test scores intensify California’s resolve to improve student reading, one thing appears certain: the state’s newest teachers need to know how to teach literacy using foundational reading ...