You can tell Elizabeth Halsey is a bad teacher just by looking at her. She shows up at school in skintight black pants and shirt, heavy kohl eyeliner and red lipstick. She drives away at the end of ...

Behind closed doors of a teachers’ lounge, veteran educators recount their daily interactions with students. They celebrate victories and vent about frustrations. Now, a new, younger generation of ...

My daughter’s teacher uses curse words in his teaching. She thinks he does it to impress the students. She doesn’t like it and neither do I. What can I do? A hallmark of the stereotypical “cool” ...

If your child complains about a "bad"teacher, seek to understand the problem first. Then, work together to fix it. Truly bad teachers are unusual, but they do exist. Today, most states require a ...

This article is part of the collection: Social-Emotional Learning: Why It Matters and How to Foster It. Over Memorial Day weekend, I was with two of my friends who coach teachers at a San Francisco ...