Already troubled by her 4th grade students’ low reading levels, San Antonio-area teacher Melody Fernandez entered “survival mode” when she was moved down to 1st grade—and discovered the full scope of ...

One of the few findings in education research on which everyone seems to agree is that when it comes to teacher quality, experience counts. Teachers who’ve been on the job at least three years tend, ...

Williamstown Elementary School first-grade teacher Greta Noyes feeds her students' natural curiosity and makes them excited ...

On National Teacher Appreciation Day, TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager spotlights inspiring first-grade teacher Wanda Smith, who went from working as a custodian and a bus monitor to a job in the classroom ...

After 14 years in education, I consider myself to be a good reading teacher. Unfortunately, the path to getting where I am today was a long, frustrating journey. Growing up, as the child of two ...

Nicole Lee is a first-grade teacher at John V. Leigh Elementary School in Norridge. Q. OK, so do people get your name confused since Lee works at Leigh? A. No, no! The kids actually think it’s kind of ...

Thanks to your hard work in and out of the classroom, CU Boulder celebrated record-high undergraduate retention and graduation rates in 2023. Grade for Student Success emerged from faculty ...