As I’ve noted many times (see, for instance, here, here, and here), some corners in schooling today are marked by a bizarre enthusiasm for low expectations. This has fueled a push to eliminate ...

When teachers have high expectations for students, those students do better long-term—they are more likely to earn a college degree, less likely to have a teen pregnancy, and less likely to receive ...

Teacher expectations can affect the performance of the children they teach. The first psychologist to systematically study this was a Harvard professor named Robert Rosenthal, who in 1964 did a ...

The American public continues to rely on classroom teachers to perform the work of educating youth. Indeed, the function and success of American schools hinge on the effectiveness of the teachers in ...

Lars-Erik Malmberg has received funding from Research Councils UK and The John Fell Fund (Oxford University) for the Learning Every Lesson Study (LEL) Andrew J. Martin does not work for, consult, own ...