What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

I couldn’t have been more prepared for my first year as a 9th grade math teacher in Chicago. Or so I thought. I brushed up on my skills over the summer by working through Pre-Algebra and Algebra ...

Learning requires building new skills and understanding on prior knowledge and abilities. The order and way students experience new information will have a large impact on how successful they are at ...

What would you say is the hardest part of teaching? For me, it is lesson planning. It takes me on average six hours a week to plan instruction for the nine science units I teach each year. It’s not ...

School closures as a result of COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to the worsening of learning poverty and the learning crisis. At the core of the learning crisis, there is an instructional crisis.

Teaching is one of the most rewarding professions, but let’s be honest—it can also feel overwhelming at times. Between crafting lesson plans, creating assessments, and addressing the unique needs of ...