Educators we serve say they love our approach. They want to keep doing it to advance educational equity

The Challenge

New college- and career-ready standards and the accelerating demands of the knowledge economy require students to have access to engaging and rigorous instruction every day. Teachers work hard to meet these demands, but accountability efforts place pressure on them without the support they need.

Meanwhile, inequities persist: students of color, students from low-income families, English language learners, and students with disabilities are the least likely to benefit from access to engaging and rigorous instruction.

A large body of research shows that teachers are our most important resource. Despite spending $18 billion a year on teacher professional development, however, the vast majority of these efforts do not improve teacher practice. Most teachers agree, voicing frustration and lack of support from traditional “one and done” professional development.

Our teachers and our nation’s children deserve better

We know that teachers want to inspire students to learn and grow. And we believe teachers deserve to lead their own learning.

Teaching Lab seeks to dramatically improve instruction through teacher professional learning based in great instructional materials, teacher-led communities, and ongoing structures for learning and improvement.

What We Do

At Teaching Lab, we work with school, district, and state leaders to create the instructional systems necessary to support these changes. We are working with 5,000 educators across 500 schools, who are leading instruction for over 350,000 students.

Although Teaching Lab adapts our support to local contexts, our partners all use high-quality instructional materials because curriculum lays the foundation for:

Ensuring all students meet high standards

Shifting the paradigm of teacher professional learning, as it allows teachers to focus less of their time on lesson planning and more time innovating and differentiating for students.
Improving teacher practice, as research shows that when teachers study their curriculum, they are more likely to improve their practice and student learning.

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The Model

All of our work gets Head, Heart, Habits, and Equity into practice.

We provide professional learning focused on core academic content, aligned to specific curricular materials and research-based practices.
We help teachers strengthen social capital through teacher community, leading to deeper motivation and ultimately leadership over professional learning.
We structure professional learning around repeated cycles of inquiry, which allows teachers to apply what they learn and evaluate evidence of student learning.
We do all of our work in service of educational equity, aligned to our Commitment to Educational, Equity, Racial Justice and Liberation.