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Join The Conversation: “What Is Good Teaching?”
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Join The Conversation: “What Is Good Teaching?”

by Southern Education Desk × on March 25, 2013 at 12:07 pm × 2 comments

Please help public media stations across the South better understand a very basic question – What is good teaching? Share your knowledge and insights on what you think makes a good teacher here.

Photo taken by Yun Mi Park at Kelly Mill Elementary School in Cumming, Georgia.
Community / Good Teaching Series

What Is Good Teaching? Why I Teach (Teacher Blog)

by Sarah Smith × on December 13, 2012 at 11:48 am × 0 comments

I believe in the ability of knowledge and learning to empower and free students, even those who will have an uphill battle most of their lives. Being a teacher allows me to indulge my love for learning while equipping the next generation to achieve.

Darrell Threet hands out photocopies of an old high school algebra book to students in his sixth grade algebra class.
Audio / Good Teaching Series / Tennessee / Video

“What Is Good Teaching?” Series: Grade School Algebra Adds Up To Better Test Scores

by Christine Jessel × on October 10, 2012 at 3:48 pm × 0 comments

Algebra’s usually a high school math class. But in Cumberland County, Tennessee, teacher Darrell Threet decided nine and ten year olds could learn it. And the test scores are proving him right. The Southern Education Desk Good Teaching series continues from East Tennesse.

North Georgia College and State University junior Michelle Olden assists students in Anita Ledbetter's first grade class at Lumpkin County Elementary School.
Audio / Georgia / Good Teaching Series

“What Is Good Teaching?” Series: Residency Programs Bring Student Teachers Into Classrooms, Full-Time

by Maura Walz × on September 24, 2012 at 2:10 pm × 0 comments

Ask any teacher about their first day standing in front of a class, and they’ll likely tell you a story about being terrified. But one Georgia university is trying to solve that problem by dramatically increasing the amount of time their student teachers spend in classrooms.

“What Is Good Teaching?” Series: Calculus Teacher Benita Albert Leaves A 40-Year Legacy
Audio / Good Teaching Series / Tennessee

“What Is Good Teaching?” Series: Calculus Teacher Benita Albert Leaves A 40-Year Legacy

by Christine Jessel × on August 14, 2012 at 2:33 am × 4 comments

After 42 years in a classroom, earning awards all the way up to a Presidential Award for Mathematics Teaching, and leading hundreds of regional AP calculus trainings, Benita Albert officially called it quits this summer. As part of our Good Teaching Series, Christine Jessel explores the legacy she leaves behind.

Micah Everson shares his love for Latin - yes, the so-called dead language - with intercity teens. Photo by Annie Gilbertson.
Audio / Good Teaching Series / Making The Grade / Mississippi

“What Is Good Teaching?” Series: May The Force Be With You

by Annie Gilbertson × on August 7, 2012 at 9:22 am × 1 comment

Inner city schools are tough places. In Jackson, Mississippi, only 60 percent of the kids make it out with a diploma, and far fewer leave ready for college work. But on occasion, a teacher can nurture a science scholar or even get a whole class to geek-out on grammar.

A Good Teaching Series “Play By Play”
Alabama / Audio / Good Teaching Series

A Good Teaching Series “Play By Play”

by × on August 5, 2012 at 10:33 pm × 0 comments

In some ways, teaching is like sports: there’s a lot that’s unseen by the untrained eye. That’s one reason post-game analysis is popular. So why not do that for something vital to our future? Southern Education Desk reporter Dan Carsen used to be a teacher and a teacher-trainer. As part of our series “What Makes Good Teaching,” he offers a radio play-by-play from Birmingham.

What Is Good Teaching? You Weigh In, Part Two
American Graduate / Community / Good Teaching Series

What Is Good Teaching? You Weigh In, Part Two

by Yun Mi Park × on August 3, 2012 at 11:18 am × 0 comments

For the past three months, our reporters have been exploring what it means to be a good teacher. We also wanted to hear from our surrounding communities, so we asked our audience to share with us advice they would give to administrators to help foster good teachers.

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