As a teacher, I didn't want my class to be known as "Mr. Vincent's Fifth Grade." Rather than making myself the focus, I set out to give my students ownership over our collective brand, says guest columnist Tony Vincent, an educator who lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and a featured speaker at DA's FETC 2020.

School systems are getting results from teacher residencies, which offer more immersive and more rigorous training experiences than the typical student-teaching stint.

By having access to clean clothes, students gain self-confidence and are less likely to be targets of bullying or ridicule.

Young people from low-income families face yet another developmental gap. Researchers have found that, as with technology, wealthier students have greater access to organized youth sports than do less affluent children.