Teaching Profession
Education news, analysis, and opinion about teachers as a workforce and policies affecting them.
See also: Salaries & Benefits, Job Satisfaction, New Teachers, Teacher Diversity, Unions, Teacher Evaluations
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- Teaching Profession Massages, Mammograms, and Dental Care: How One School Saves Teachers' TimeThis Atlanta school offers unique onsite benefits to teachers to help them reduce stress.Teaching Profession Opinion How Two Teachers Helped Me Weave a DreamA journalist and debut book author dedicates her novel to two of her high school English teachers.Teaching Profession Explainer What Is Doxxing, and How Can Educators Protect Their Privacy Online?Keeping personal and professional information separate can be difficult for teachers, experts say.Teaching Profession Data Average Teacher Pay Passes $70K. How Much Is It in Your State?Teacher pay is growing faster than at any point since the Great Recession. But it's lower than a decade ago when accounting for inflation.Teaching Profession Opinion What Teachers Really Want for Teacher Appreciation WeekTeachers and principals share how to turn gestures of appreciation into meaningful action to support the profession.Teaching Profession Video 'Welcome to the White House': Teachers Get a Rare HonorFirst lady Jill Biden hosted state teachers of the year for an inaugural state dinner. Here's what it looked like.Teaching Profession Inside the First-Ever White House State Dinner for TeachersTeachers were feted by first lady Jill Biden and other national leaders, with a surprise appearance by a powerful dignitary.Teaching Profession The New Taylor Swift Song That's Become a 'Teacher Anthem'The lyric "I cry a lot, but I am so productive—it's an art," is resonating with teachers.Teaching Profession Letter to the Editor Change the Workplace, Not the Person, to Fight BurnoutA science teacher argues that eliminating burnout is not the responsibility of teachers.Teaching Profession Opinion Transitioning Out of Teaching Is Hard. Here's What I've LearnedFor teachers looking to change careers, the skills they’ve honed in the classroom don’t always easily translate to their resume.Teaching Profession Will Biden’s New Loan-Forgiveness Plan Cast a Wider Net for Educators?The Biden administration is taking another tack to push through loan forgiveness, including for teachers.Teaching Profession An Unexpected Effect of Teacher Strikes on How Much Schools SpendDistricts where strikes took place saw average per-pupil funding grow. But that wasn't the only impact of educator strikes.Teaching Profession From Our Research Center Here's What Teachers Think Their Salaries Should BeSuperintendents and principals also gave the salaries they think they deserve.Teaching Profession Teachers, Tame the 'Sunday Scaries'Many teachers feel a real dread of the pending workweek. Here's how to cope.Teaching Profession Opinion My Life as a Substitute Teacher in Suburbia: Chaos and CrueltyI was ignorant of the reality until I started teaching, writes a recent college graduate.