Professional Development
Education news, analysis, and opinion about efforts to provide continuing education for school staff.
Professional Development Opinion Most Teachers Don’t Think PD Is Relevant. What Can Principals Do?Two educators offer a blueprint for structuring professional development around teacher learning.
Professional Development Opinion It Takes a Village to Design the Best Professional DevelopmentHow to bring a community-based leadership to your professional learning this year.
Professional Development Opinion I’m a Math Educator. Here’s How Teacher PD Falls ShortYes, professional development is valuable. But improvements must be made if teachers and students are to receive its full benefits.
Professional Development Teachers Need PD to Make Competency-Based Learning Work. What That Looks LikeCan teachers use microcredentials to become skilled at teaching in a way they probably never experienced as students?
Professional Development Video Teachers Go Underground to Enhance Their Science LessonsThis national parks program takes teachers deep underground.
Professional Development Video A Unique PD Experience to Deepen History TeachingA PD program helps educators tell a fuller story by tapping into the power of place.
Professional Development Why This Workshop Is Bringing Teachers to a Former Japanese Incarceration CampThe history PD program offers lessons for art, math, and literature teachers too by emphasizing the power of place.
Professional Development Video The PD Teachers Want: 'Why Can’t We Be Doing This All the Time?'This district leader is creating engaging professional development for teachers using escape rooms and other immersive adventures.Professional Development Sponsor PLC at Work® Events: A Worthy Investment for Sustained, Substantive School ImprovementSponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.With K–12 schools heading back into session for the fall, leaders face a difficult decision—planning for a post-stimulus environment and making the investments that have the biggest impact on student learning.
Professional Development Video 3 Things Principals Can Do to Make Teacher PD BetterSchool leaders need to include teacher voice to create the most engaging professional development.
Professional Development Opinion A Guide for Faculty Meetings That Couldn’t Have Been an EmailWhat educators recommend for turning staff meetings from time-wasters to truly meaningful.
Professional Development Opinion Why Are So Few Educators Aware of Research in Their Own Field?Many educators lack the knowledge base built by important researchers, stalling progress in the field, writes Thomas R. Guskey.
Professional Development Opinion Personal Finance Courses Are Booming. Do We Have the Teachers We Need?Too few teachers currently have the training or the confidence for the job, writes an expert in personal finance education.
Professional Development Opinion In Staff Professional Development, Less Is MoreThere’s a key ingredient missing from most PD sessions, PLCs, and education conferences.
Professional Development This Principal Knew PD Was Irrelevant. So He and His Teachers Changed ItA Vermont principal and teacher describe their school's new approach to PD.
