Welcome to Teacher’s live chat. I’m Rich Shea, executive editor of the magazine, and today we’re chatting with Paul Watkins, author of eight novels and two memoirs and teacher of history and creative ...

An April 6 Facebook video features a man speaking into a microphone about the public school system. "Why does the public education system not teach the Declaration of Independence?" the man asks. The ...

Mike Evans knew something had to change. As the lead instructor for American Government 1101 at Georgia State University in 2021, Evans had watched his students over the years show up with fewer facts ...

Some raised questions about what power Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters has to mandate specific curriculum after he issued a directive requiring schools to incorporate the Bible into ...

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

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What’s it like to be teaching about elections in an unprecedented election year? Smith professors Anna Mwaba ’10 and Howard Gold have occupied just such a front-row seat to history in their courses ...

On July 1, a new Florida law took effect that allows military veterans to receive five-year teaching certificates without a bachelor's degree. Soon after this initiative was announced, its details ...

At the Washington State Wire debate last night, superintendent of public schools candidate Maia Espinoza falsely claimed the comprehensive sex ed bill forces schools to teach “sexual positions to ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article misstated the affiliation between the Widener University Delaware Law School and the University of Delaware. The claim: Joe Biden said ...

A Tennessee law adopted in May bans the teaching in public schools of critical race theory, which is a collection of ideas about systemic bias and privilege. It does not prohibit the teaching of Black ...