On June 18, lawmakers in Orange County, California, finally voted on a bill that would address a controversial practice by the Anaheim School District. A.B. 166, proposed by Assemblyman Jose Solorio, prohibits school districts from including information about a student’s test scores or grades on identification cards or “any object a student might be required to carry while at school.”

Last fall, for the second year, Anaheim schools were issuing mandated student identification cards that were color coded based on the student’s performance on the previous year’s standa…

Besides students who are struggling, unmotivated or disruptive, there’s one difficulty you’re bound to come across during your career: cheating. Studies show that an overwhelming number of students cheat, be it copying a classmate's homework, plagiarizing an essay or attempting to outsmart a high-stakes exam.

The Internet, cell phones and other technological gadgets have made it easier and (unfortunately) more efficient for students to cheat. Students who cheat are becoming sneakier and more creative as they think of new ways to avoid actually studying. But as long as teachers are vigilant and know what to look for, it’s still easy to pick up on the methods your students are using to cheat. The following are four …

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Ken Jennings couldn’t.

The man who made history in 2004 by winning 74 consecutive rounds of Jeopardy wasn’t able to figure out the short story presented to eighth graders across New York during a reading exam this past April. The story, which has gone down in infamy (it even has its own Facebook page), involves a

Education is climbing to the top of the list of issues for Hispanic, Democratic, black and female voters in determining whom they will vote for in the upcoming 2012 election. Three education-related issues to watch in the upcoming 2012 election will be standardized testing, school choice and the No Child Left Behind Act, but the policies of President Obama and Republican Candidate Mitt Romney are similar on these in many respects.

Standardized Testing

Standardized tests have been around since the 1800s. The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) mandated annual testing in all 50 states. In 2009, U.S. students were being out-performed in math and science and had n…

The school year may be over, but there's still a lot happening in the world of education. Read on for some of the latest in everything from standardized testing reform to board of education elections!

Michelle Rhee group Students First’s Tax Records Reveal Questionable Spending In 2010, Michelle Rhee,  former chancellor of the Washington D.C. public school system (who garnered national attention for her controversial stance against teachers’ unions) launched Students First, a group for education reform trying to raise $1 billion for education over…

Some exciting news here at Teach.com: Our American STEM Education Infographic has been featured in the June 2012 Media Planet supplement in the Washington Post! Media Planet is a publication that partners with newspapers, websites, advertisers, journalists, and celebrities to bring engaging, educational editorial content to a wide audience.

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and represents a crucial area of education. STEM plays a…