Question: In my department, we are finding that the largest problem in evaluating candidates for new appointments, promotion, or tenure is in their letters of reference, which often fail to ...

For a strong teacher, the demand for substantive letters of reference from students is unrelenting. You try to cope by predicting and planning for “seasonal” points along the calendar year.

In this era of accountability, teacher tenure has been one of the most discussed topics. Schools chiefs like Michelle Rhee in Washington, D.C., are trying to limit it and last week the president ...

About half of the 130 teachers who said they used AI to help with their recommendation letters did so to take the stress out of the task, according to foundry10's survey.