It’s lauded by some as one of the best ways to improve teaching and learning, scorned by others as a complete waste of time. It’s something that teachers might have access to weekly, or barely get ...

Professional development is foundational to educational success, but our current model is in desperate need of an upgrade. Well-designed curricula are rendered ineffective without a parallel ...

The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill last week that would eliminate federal funding for teacher professional development. The Fiscal Year 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Beginning teachers are most susceptible to leaving the profession. With upwards of ...

Teacher professional development is undergoing a facelift of sorts, moving from static and uninteresting lectures to dynamic video coaching, mentorship programs, and approaches that engage teachers ...

Editor's note: This is the second story in a series on teacher professional development around technology. The first story, about designing effective PD, is available here, and the third, which ...

The PD problem we know too well: A flustered woman bursts into the room, late and disoriented. She’s carrying a shawl and a laptop she doesn’t know how to use. She refers to herself as a literacy ...

As the new school year gets underway, many families are eager to see how or if a shortage of teachers will impact student learning. In a recent EdWeek Research Center survey, 72% of school district ...

Mareesa Nicosia is an independent multimedia journalist based in New York. In her work for The Atlantic, Wired, Hechinger Report and other publications, she investigates the experiences of ...

At the Fred Hutch Science Education Partnership (SEP), we support secondary science teachers through high-quality professional development and access to cutting-edge life science teaching materials.