Last spring semester, I began experimenting with polling as a way to improve student participation in my classroom. Persuaded by the work of Eric Mazur and others, I started polling my students — ...

CALICO Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2, Chun & Morrison: Learner Preparation in Technology-enhanced Language Learning Environments (2013), pp. 252-278 (27 pages) ABSTRACT This action research study evaluates ...

She's in only her second year of teaching, but Rachael Lewandowski already knows she wants to make her classroom environment one that students can gain autonomy and confidence in. Lewandowski, a ...

Nowadays, many students have behavioral difficulties: lack of concentration, limited autonomy, incessant chatter, etc. What if part of the solution lay in the ergonomics and layout of a classroom?

Ten years ago, I was the superintendent of Tennessee’s Achievement School District, which aims to improve student learning in the state’s 5% lowest academically performing schools. At the time, I ...

This article investigates the coconstruction of student identity and engagement in the case of a 9th grader in a project-based algebra classroom that afforded students a great deal of autonomy. The ...

When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling ...

Attention school administrators: Teachers think you could be creating a better work environment—and they have suggestions for how to do it. Teachers want leaders to trust them with autonomy in the ...

Educators talk about wanting autonomy in the classroom, but that is different from isolation. Although we can be a one man/woman show in the classroom once the door shuts, we hardly work in isolation ...

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. As ...

ROCHESTER — A Rochester Public Schools graduate removed from their high school years by three or more years probably wouldn’t recognize the grading system used to evaluate today’s students. It’s so ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — A charter school in South Bend has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Department of Education. The Portage School of Leaders is in the process of expanding their ...