Fourth in the series Raising Teachers Great urban teachers, those who are enthusiastic about staying in urban classrooms for the duration of their careers, may very well be graduates of an urban school. Let’s examine an urban district that is putting this theory to the test by intentionally recruiting current it’s own high school students [...]

February is career and technical education (CTE) month – a time to celebrate all the CTE programs across the country that are preparing students to be college- and career-ready. Even more importantly, it’s a time for all educators, administrators, business owners, parents, and policymakers to recognize the importance of CTE and how it has changed over the [...]

If we’re talking about recruiting better teachers, why don’t we recognize that the place to start recruiting is high school?

Who said bipartisanship in Washington was dead?

The dean of a major college of education says “it is misguided to pay teachers more for earning a master’s degree.”

I’ll be spending part of my weekend with the deans of the leading schools of education. They’ve formed a group called the Deans’ Alliance and meet several times a year to share concerns about teaching, learning, and research. With their cooperation, Kappan launched a new column this year titled R&D. Each month’s issue of Kappan [...]

by Sandee Crowther, President, PDK International We have just completed the “Aughts” (2000-2009) and for many of us a great deal has changed!  Some things many of us were using are beginning to disappear or even become obsolete!  How many of you still use dial up internet, cameras with film, state and city maps to [...]

I thought I’d take advantage of the blog to get out the word about a Call for Manuscripts that we’ve posted. Kappan editors will review a wide range of manuscripts related to each of the following topics. The questions listed are intended to be guides for writers and are not intended to be an exhaustive [...]