Teaching

Updated Jan. 9 with information about teacher recruitment effortsMissouri education officials have a handful of ideas on how to get more people interested…

What is there to say about the number 7? It’s odd, it’s prime. It can be reached by adding 3 + 4, 5 + 2 and 6 + 1.That may be how a teacher has a “math…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 8, 2010 - Shaire Strong-Duncan changed her mind about her original career choice, probation and…

A group of middle-aged adults is back in school this fall. This time, though, they’re at the front of the classroom learning how to be teachers.St. Louis…

Like talking about the “facts of life,” or “the birds and the bees,” many parents and teachers know that discussing race and racism is necessary in…

How do educators teach about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, especially with students too young to remember the tragedy? Starting out, they must identify…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 17, 2013 - Math teachers Carol DeFreese and Luis Actis have spent part of their summer trying to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 18, 2013: A new nationwide survey that rates teacher-preparation programs gave many of them poor…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 3, 2013 - Opponents of an initiative-petition proposal that requires a new evaluation process for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 27, 2012 - I didn’t go to high school in St. Louis. And while I married a native, and raised…