A research review by the Education Commission of the States concludes that teachers’ expectations—often influenced by factors such as race, ethnicity, and family income levels—can significantly affect ...

As another school year begins many wonder how much learning was lost last year without consistent in-person instruction and how to help students to “catch up.” While some might attribute academic ...

Standing before columns of numbers on the blackboard, Jill Lyttle is teaching her 8th graders about prime factorization. She calls on a boy who often struggles in the class. After each not-yet-correct ...

As I’ve noted many times (see, for instance, here, here, and here), some corners in schooling today are marked by a bizarre enthusiasm for low expectations. This has fueled a push to eliminate ...

Mr. Rohit Gupta [email protected] Every generational shift in learning brings with it a fresh set of expectations, ...

Teachers know that expectations matter. They know that having high expectations in a classroom can both support (“I know you can do this”) and spur (“I’m not going to accept your bare minimum effort”) ...

Teachers are far more pessimistic than parents about getting every student to succeed in reading and math as boldly promised by the No Child Left Behind Act. That's left a huge expectations gap ...

New research from professors at American University and Johns Hopkins University reveals what isn’t exactly news: that white teachers expect less of black students, putting white students at an ...

I'm all for high expectations! Every educator ought to expect every student to succeed, a priori. This is basic. It's part of Carol Dweck's brilliant idea, The Growth Mindset, about the role that ...

In my Morning Edition story today, I look at expectations — specifically, how teacher expectations can affect the performance of the children they teach. The first psychologist to systematically study ...

It's no wonder that teachers are leaving education for jobs at Costco. The average annual salary for a starting teacher is less than $45,000. And the national average pay for all teachers is less than ...