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 ...

Andrew Bishop is pursuing a Master of Public Policy at the University of Virginia. You can follow him on Twitter @xiongandi. On the first day of my final year teaching, I had my students work on a ...

The new question of the week is: What is the role of teacher expectations in instruction? I’m not sure that we talk enough about the importance of teacher expectations in the classroom and hope that ...

Expectations are tricky. On the one hand, they motivate us, guiding our behavior toward goals and achievements. On the other hand, they can be a double-edged sword—leading to disappointment, anxiety, ...