Identifying a focus for the observation enhances the value of classroom observation, as it equips a group of colleagues to focus their attention on a specific aspect of teaching and learning.

Performance Matters has introduced Truenorthlogic Observation, an online system for conducting classroom observations, collecting evidence and sharing feedback.

Forget policy. Forget expertise. Want to design better schools? Force yourself to sit in a classroom and see what it is actually like to be a student. Alexis Wiggins, a veteran high school teacher, ...

In some schools, the new standards are leading to a closer collaboration between content-area teachers and those who serve students with special needs.

This article addresses the relationship between educational theory-as manifested in particular ideologies of teaching and learning-and classroom practice. Based on an ethnographic study of ...