News & Ideas

Keeping our growing community of partners and supporters abreast of our initiatives, programs, and updates is a crucial part of our work. We also know that using teaching and teacher education to disrupt injustice is complex. Part of our strategy to harness the power of teaching to create a more just society is to translate our ideas about teaching, teacher education, and professional learning into stories that engage and inspire. Explore the latest updates and stories about our programs, partnerships, resources, and more.

September 11, 2017

A statement on the executive order to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

We at TeachingWorks oppose the executive order to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). We must stand up […]

August 4, 2017

TeachingWorks awarded grant for work with the California State University System

The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation has awarded TeachingWorks a $250,000 grant to support the development of practice-based approaches in mathematics […]

November 18, 2015

TeachingWorks Receives $6.8 Million Grant to Support Broad Transformation in Teacher Preparation

TeachingWorks, a national organization based at the University of Michigan School of Education dedicated to improving professional preparation for teaching, […]

TeachingWorks Featured in Education Week article about the Teacher Preparation Transformation Center

Stephen Sawchuck describes the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s new Teacher Preparation Transformation Initiative. Read more here.

October 28, 2014

Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $1.1 Million to TeachingWorks

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust recently awarded a $1.1 million grant to TeachingWorks. The goal of […]

October 24, 2014

Teaching Teachers to Teach: It’s Not So Elementary

NPR reporter Sarah Hulett shares the work done at the TeachingWorks Elementary Mathematics Laboratory to support the work of teaching […]

October 15, 2014

TeachingWorks and ETS assessment partnership featured in EdWeek article

The National Observational Teaching Exam, or NOTE, a licensure-level assessment for classroom teachers developed by TeachingWorks in partnership with Educational […]

June 11, 2013

TeachingWorks leadership to deliver keynotes at teacher licensure conferences

Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the University of Michigan School of Education and director of TeachingWorks, will deliver a keynote […]

December 6, 2012

Elementary Mathematics Laboratory featured in Detroit News

The TeachingWorks Elementary Mathematics Laboratory (EML) is featured in the December 6, 2012 edition of the Detroit News. The article quotes […]