In successful high-poverty and high-minority schools in California, the predominant teaching method is direct instruction, where student learning is directed by and centered on the teacher. But a ...

Zachary Stewart, an eighth-grader at Academy Prep in St. Peters- burg, had difficulty reading at Melrose Elementary. He now excels.  The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the ...

The Australian’s readers have appreciated his intelligent writing for years. Turning his attention to the malaise afflicting Australian schooling, which he is well qualified to do, Mr Pearson has ...

The Montessori and Direct Instruction teaching methods can seem worlds apart. But in Texas' Aldine district, parents can pick between them—at the same schools. Candee Wilson commands two universes in ...

A recent guest post here by John Thompson, Neither Teacher-less nor Teacher-proof: Constructivism Meets Guided Instruction, led to a lively discussion in the comments. I asked one reader to expand on ...