My high school English teacher was “Gertie.” That’s what we kids universally called her. Miss Gertrude Simmons had frizzy blond hair and wore silk blouses and multicolored skirts. She was ...

Denby "embedded” in a tenth-grade English class to see what happened as a good teacher worked with 15-year-olds. He read everything the kids read and listened all year, interviewing kids along ...

Kendrick Lamar, left, and Taylor Swift are English teachers' pet pop stars for a reason. Frazer Harrison/Neilson Barnard/Getty Images John Keats and Maya Angelou, please make room on the syllabus ...