True North Rochester Prep Charter School, the largest charter school in Monroe County, was taken to task recently by a teacher candidate who said he was asked to read verbatim from a scripted lesson.

Some of the biggest critics of new lesson plans aligned with the national Common Core standards are the people charged with teaching them. A growing number of teachers say the national standards, ...

In the weeks leading up to the announcement that the Texas Education Agency is taking over the Fort Worth Independent School District, parents and community members worried the district would roll out ...

Picture a Grade 4 teacher standing in front of her 36-strong class. The teacher asks the children to look at her as she holds the book Birthday Surprise. She asks some questions about the cover. Eager ...

This study was designed to portray a second-/third-grade teacher's classroom knowledge in a schematic structure called a "script." Activities embedded within events in 2 math classes were examined in ...

Rochester Prep has taken heat for its scripts by a teacher who recently interviewed at the school. There is something unsettling about demanding teachers follow scripts. Looking back, Mr. Driscoll ...

Brown, who often records herself teaching a lesson or explaining a concept for her students to watch online as homework, sometimes feels like she's working double-time. Aside from pushing students to ...

This summer, as Georgia rolls out new math requirements, Kaycie Maddox’s challenge has as much to do with words as numbers. Maddox, a math specialist for a regional education services agency, is ...