Teacher education

New grant aims to help African teachers harness power of the Internet to try to educate a struggling continent.

Academics tell lawmakers that quality of undergraduate teaching is crucial to the pipeline.

In church-state dispute, court says just because a university has spent federal grant doesn't mean it can't be forced to repay it.

Teach For America sees record number of applicants, and is becoming more competitive than many top law schools.

Online program allows colleges to help part-timers prepare for an array of classroom issues.

Congressional briefing seeks to underscore how federal grants help to improve colleges' training programs and, in turn, teacher performance.

A new company is offering Webinars and consulting to colleges with part-time professors.

CUNY program trains grad students to teach at 2-year colleges -- where the job market favors those who understand the mission.

Report from former Teachers College president calls for sweeping changes in how and where future teachers are educated.

A Brown University report released Wednesday on the institution's ties to the slave trade stops short of recommending an apology, and eschews the subject of personal monetary reparations. It focuses instead on memorials and social justice efforts meant to acknowledge and make amends for the past -- and, perhaps more importantly, offer a paradigm for other universities with spotty paths seeking to move forward.