She couldn't believe other teachers would rather give their students iPads instead of books. A generation of “iPad kids” has made teaching a lot more complicated. Now, kids expect an entirely ...

Andrea Burns uses social-emotional learning books in her classroom. A Kansas teacher is raising awareness about a teaching method that she says is helping students tap into their mental health and ...

Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom.

On media-center couches and at conference-room tables, downing Cokes and sipping coffee together, teachers around the country are cracking open books to get better at what they do—and, often, ...

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this article misspelled Douglas Lechner’s name. Louisiana public school librarian Amanda Jones loves helping kids find the right book. It’s her 25th ...

For those of you looking for some big picture professional reading as we head into the new school year, there are a couple of books out this month on teaching and teacher policy that are generating ...

Using picture books as mentor texts is the perfect way to teach verbal, dramatic, and situational irony to middle school students.

High school English teacher Larry Abrams has always considered himself a bookworm. Growing up, he loved visiting used bookstores and reading books that others had enjoyed before him. “I certainly like ...

Labor Day Weekend is upon us. That means back to school for some 50 million U.S. students—and their teachers. Most likely, lesson plans, at least the early ones, are ready to go. If you teach an age ...