Those were the words out of Dr. Richard DuFour’s mouth more than a decade ago as I was excitedly and passionately explaining how my district was going about our work. DuFour and Dr. Robert Eaker are ...

MANISTEE — Manistee Area Public Schools was recognized by the education consultant Solution Tree for its success in implementing a professional learning communities framework and seeing improvements ...

While Ranch Creek Elementary students soak in the freedom that twice-monthly two-hour late starts allow, their teachers are hard at work inside the classroom. They are bouncing ideas off of one ...

Educators across Iowa are transforming their schools by using data-driven strategies and resources provided through Solution Tree’s professional development services. In Poweshiek County, Montezuma ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

We’ve all been in meetings where leaders are asked to collaborate, yet the room doesn’t feel collaborative at all. Andy Hargreaves once called this contrived collaboration, which occurs when ...

March marks National Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) month in Canada, a time to recognize the role of experiential learning in connecting students, employers, and post-secondary institutions. At this ...

A teacher's capability to improve students' scientific understanding is influenced by the school and district in which they work, the community in which the school is located, and the larger ...

It’s lauded by some as one of the best ways to improve teaching and learning, scorned by others as a complete waste of time. It’s something that teachers might have access to weekly, or barely get ...