Sunlight streamed through an oversized classroom window in Kisauni—a slum in Mombasa, Kenya—as a group of 6-year-olds fixed their eyes on their teacher. As he rhapsodized about the intricacies of ...

Seizing on a teachable moment in a private school where scripted lessons rule lands one kindergarten teacher in the hot seat, while her counterpart in a less-stringent school setting is praised for ...

True North Rochester Prep Charter School, the largest charter school in Monroe County, was taken to task recently by a teacher candidate who said he was asked to read verbatim from a scripted lesson.

More schools in the U.S. are asking teachers to use scripted curriculum, an instructional method that outlines exactly what educators should say and what actions they need to take at each step in ...

If scripted lesson plans produce the results their supporters claim, then no need exists to hire teachers in the first place (“Goodbye, Mr. & Ms. Chips,” Commentary, July 18, 2007). School boards ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fort Worth ISD crossing guard Melissa Leslie, center, helps families cross the street after students’ final day of the school year ...

212 Bridge Academies have opened in Kenya during the past four years. Bridge’s “schools in a box” spring up seemingly overnight: In January of 2013, the company launched 51 schools at once, while in ...

Picture a Grade 4 teacher standing in front of her 36-strong class. The teacher asks the children to look at her as she holds the book Birthday Surprise. She asks some questions about the cover. Eager ...

In the weeks leading up to the announcement that the Texas Education Agency is taking over the Fort Worth Independent School District, parents and community members worried the district would roll out ...

In her just-released book, “The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups” (Viking), noted early childhood educator and Silliman College associate master Erika Christakis ...