the characteristics of professional learning communities in different kinds of schools; key factors inside and outside schools which seem to help or hinder the development of learning communities; ...

This article presents a shift from traditional “technical” professional development (PD) to a PD of “praxis” and reflects on the benefits and barriers that this entails. Often, PD in digital ...

Shirley Hord, Learning Forward’s scholar laureate, has focused her career on research about and practice of effective professional learning communities. Here she answers an educator’s question about ...

A faculty learning community (FLC) is a specifically structured learning community of faculty and staff in higher education that includes the goals of building community, engaging in scholarly ...

Marcela Falcone is in her 20 th year as a 3rd grade bilingual teacher in the Brentwood school district on Long Island in New York. She previously taught pre-K, 1 st grade, and 2 nd grade. Follow her ...