Teacher PD

How teachers improve their instructional practices by earning credentials, receiving coaching, attending conferences, and collaborating

See also: Professional Development, PD Research, Principal PD

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Teacher Professional Development, Explained
What counts as PD? And is it effective? EdWeek breaks down current trends—and new research—in this explainer.
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Students interact in a fourth grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025.
Students interact in a 4th grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025. More young students could receive instruction in phonics and other evidence-based techniques, if a long-sought state proposal is approved.
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Reading & Literacy California Is Poised to Pass a 'Science of Reading' Law After a Long, Tense Debate
Advocates on both sides say the compromise bill is strong, but imperfect. Will it move literacy instruction forward in the state?
Sarah Schwartz, June 12, 2025
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Professional Development Opinion Here’s What Happens When You Let Students Run Your Teacher PD
Teachers need more opportunities for experiential learning. That’s where students can come in.
Kate Ehrlich, June 6, 2025
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4 min read
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Professional Development What’s Happening to Federal Money for Teacher Training?
Key federal teacher-training grants have been delayed for this year, and may be consolidated or eliminated in fiscal 2026.
Sarah D. Sparks, June 3, 2025
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Katelyn Webster, from left, Eryn Miller, Grace Bischoff, and Hanna Pearsall take notes as Amanda Pierman teaches her upper school science class at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2025. Pierman uses AI to help teach her classes and the student’s computers mirror the main screen. They are then able to answer questions live using their computers.
Katelyn Webster, from left, Eryn Miller, Grace Bischoff, and Hanna Pearsall take notes as Amanda Pierman teaches her upper school science class at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2025. Pierman uses AI to help teach her classes and the student’s computers mirror the main screen. They are then able to answer questions live using their computers.
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Artificial Intelligence Video What Teachers Need To Level Up Their AI Use: 4 Lessons Learned
Two teachers and a researcher discuss how educators are experimenting with AI during an Education Week K-12 Essentials Forum.
Lauraine Langreo, May 29, 2025
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Professional Development Opinion 5 Ways to Make Your Faculty Meetings More Valuable Than an Email
As a principal, I've tried to improve the faculty meetings I once dreaded as a teacher.
Nicole Forrest, May 27, 2025
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5 min read
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Professional Development This Teacher PD Approach Has Spread to More Than 30 States
In theory, microcredentials incorporate elements researchers say are often missing from traditional professional development.
Caitlynn Peetz, May 23, 2025
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3 min read
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Professional Development Could This Tool Make Teacher PD More Relevant?
More states are letting teachers use microcredentials—self-paced training—to fulfill license renewal requirements and get PD.
Caitlynn Peetz, May 6, 2025
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Teaching Profession From Our Research Center There’s a Racial Divide in What Teachers Think of Their PD. Why?
Training: Why Black Teachers Want More and White Teachers Want Less
Alex Harwin, May 1, 2025
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Reading & Literacy Opinion Bringing the Science of Reading to Your School? Remember This One Thing
The science of reading can’t succeed without the art of teaching.
Scott Gaynor, April 29, 2025
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3 min read
Elena Gahan, left, and Bridget McDermott, right, listen as Amanda Pierman teaches her upper school science class at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2025. Pierman uses AI to help teach her classes and the student’s computers mirror the main screen. They are then able to answer questions live using their computers.
Elena Gahan, left, and Bridget McDermott, right, listen as Amanda Pierman teaches her upper school science class at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2025. Pierman uses AI to help teach her classes.
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Artificial Intelligence Trump Wants Teachers Trained How to Use AI. Will It Work?
A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump calls for infusing artificial intelligence throughout K-12 education.
Lauraine Langreo & Arianna Prothero, April 24, 2025
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6 min read
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School & District Management Opinion 5 Cost-Free Ways to Make Life Better for Teachers (Downloadable)
Two educators offer school leaders simple suggestions for improving the lives of teachers and students in this guide.
Diana Laufenberg & Renee Jones, April 22, 2025
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High school students tag salt marsh periwinkle snails to learn about their movement and behavior in the Louisiana marsh at a camp run by Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium in 2014. Federal funding cuts could put place-based learning experiences like this at risk.
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Teaching Trump's Budget Cuts Leave the Future of Some Field Trips in Jeopardy
Field trips can leave indelible impressions on students. Federal budget cuts and layoffs place them at risk.
Elizabeth Heubeck, April 18, 2025
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7 min read
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