TEACH-NOW, an online teacher-preparation program, has received a full seven-year accreditation from the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation—making it the first online institution to meet ...

Most people are familiar with the phrase: Those who can't do, teach. Ironically, it's the converse that creates dysfunction in business. So often these doers get stuck doing and doing because they don ...

Nick Mireles is a writer on the central coast of California. He has a knack for film, music, and Dungeons and Dragons. When he’s not writing, he tries to spend his days reading, surfing, and camping ...

"There's a teacher right now in urban America who's going to teach for exactly two years and he's going to leave believing that these young people can't be saved," says Dr. Chris Emdin, associate ...

Teach For America’s longtime chief executive officer, Elisa Villanueva Beard, will depart the organization in 2025. The announcement comes amid a period of change for the nearly 35-year-old ...

We all have certain skills we’re particularly good at and may have been perfecting since childhood—things like art, cooking or fixing electronic gadgets. But as we age, we become painfully aware of ...

What makes a male child become a “boy,” as we understand that concept socially? In her new book, When Boys Become Boys, Judy Y. Chu reports on her two-year study in which she followed a group of boys ...

Scaring children won’t keep them safe. Instead, help them see the good in the world. No doubt these beliefs come from the best of intentions. If you want children to be safe (and thus, happy), you ...

Despite the old adage, it's never too late to teach your dog a new trick. In fact, dogs love the challenge of learning to do new things, as well as the inevitable treats as they are mastering them. If ...

At high school graduation three decades ago, keeping my lips pursed shut, I stared straight ahead as my classmates bowed their heads and echoed the pastor’s words, “In Jesus’s name, we pray.” It was ...