All it takes is a few semesters to complete UW’s graduate certificate in Teaching Elementary School.* If you hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, you qualify to ...

Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

Working with kids is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on society that many people find personally rewarding. But what does it take to be an elementary school teacher? Elementary school teacher ...

Experts agree: Elementary teachers need to have a strong foundation in math. But teacher-preparation programs don’t always dedicate much time to elementary math coursework. That’s starting to change, ...

The Elementary Education program is designed for students who wish to teach in grades 1-6. The program stresses a humanistic approach to teaching that is both developmentally appropriate and ...

Laura Wangsness Willemsen received funding from the American Educational Research Association. Elisheva L. Cohen received funding from the American Educational Research Association to fund this study.

Who was that teacher who pressed that dinosaur book into your hands? Who gave you the confidence to enter the science fair? Who was that teacher who looked at you with boundless optimism and inspired ...