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.

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 […]

November 16, 2012

TeachingWorks to partner with National Board on i3 grant project

TeachingWorks will partner with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) on their i3 grant-funded project, Building a Pipeline of Teaching […]

October 24, 2012

TeachingWorks professional development program featured in U-M Leaders & Best magazine

TeachingWorks and its Elementary Mathematics Laboratory (EML) are featured in the fall 2012 edition of Leaders & Best, a University of Michigan magazine […]

October 18, 2012

Leading teacher educators to discuss beginning teacher competencies at AACTE 2013

Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the University of Michigan School of Education and director of TeachingWorks, will be one of […]