A few months back, my colleague Madeline Will wrote about exciting evidence that teacher coaching, as a form of professional development, can indeed improve student learning. One of the open questions ...

When it comes to math scores, how high can you go? On Sept. 5, the staff of the Southern Cayuga Central School District gathered to begin the new school year. Superintendent Patrick Jensen flashed a ...

To improve teachers’ mathematics instruction, enlist a team of coaches. But to find out what actually makes for effective coaching, ask researchers. That’s the premise of an instructional coaching ...

eSchool News is counting down the 10 most-read stories of 2025. Story #5 focuses on a math platform that offers AI coaching for maximum impact. Math is a fundamental part of K-12 education, but ...

A more than $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Racial Equity In STEM Education program will support a project to develop new professional learning resources for K-12 math teachers ...

Sitting in front of a dozen second graders on a plush carpet in one of E.B. Ellington Elementary’s classrooms in the early fall, Samantha Blake tackled a tricky topic — how to read the hour and minute ...

Teachers of Alabama, a new series from AL.com's Education Lab, features educators who are implementing solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing schools in the state. In a packed school ...

The Wake County Board of Education will spend nearly $1 million this school year on instructional coaches in math for 15 high schools and 15 middle schools, with the goal of improving math instruction ...

Corner Middle School math teacher Zach Weldon had planned for the chaos of 24 students racing to play each other in rock paper scissors. The eighth-grade classroom buzzed with noise and activity. “Two ...

Jeremy Davies of Spruce Creek High School, the 2026 Volusia County Schools' Teacher of the Year, leads students in a particular brand of high-level math that's not unlike life itself. International ...

The Mississippi Department of Education is providing 15 new math coaches to 30 kindergarten through eighth grade public schools to give instructional support to teachers and improve student outcomes.