Boys with difficulty reading actually respond better to female teachers, according to a new Canadian study. Research shows that boys develop higher positive self-perceptions as readers when they worked with female research assistants compared to working with male research assistants.

Job satisfaction amongst teachers has increased dramatically since 1999, with the profession rising from 54th to 11th in a league table of job satisfaction published this week.

When Jan Riggsbee stands up in front of a class, she’s not just concerned about what she’s teaching. She also thinks about how she’s teaching.

Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar urged law-enforcement authorities Sunday to thoroughly investigate the murder of a Jewish school teacher in St. Petersburg.

A new interactive learning system which helps parents keep in touch with what their children are doing at school is proving to be a great success with children, parents and teachers, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

For all the current emphasis on standardized testing and teaching requirements, the quality of elementary school instructionis mediocre at best, according to a study from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development study published in the March 30 issue of Science magazine.