The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The spring semester was almost over when the instructor distributed our last assignment for the “Graduate Seminar in Teaching Biology.” The class was offered by our department to equip graduate ...

As biologists have probed deeper into the genetic underpinnings of life, K-12 schools have struggled to provide a curriculum that reflects those advances. Now, a collaboration between the Wyss ...

Hours after students merrily departed for the long winter break, lights still blazed in Ken Bingman’s biology lab at Blue Valley West High School here. The bright TV lights belonged to the camera crew ...

Has teaching biology been your calling and dream career that you always wanted to pursue? As a biology teacher, you can inspire your students to appreciate the beauty of the world’s many life forms, ...

Scott Berge, a professor at Red River High School, has been teaching field biology for over 20 years and offers unique ...

While the classroom is Joe Ruzicka’s stage during the week, on Fridays and Saturdays it’s another story. Then, he can be found rocking out as a bass guitarist. “I’d generally consider myself to be a ...

Michael K. William’s Omar from The Wire is one of the all-time greatest TV characters, one full of complexity, somehow equally sympathetic and terrifying. And now he’ll be teaching the students of ...