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Teaching Profession Opinion The One Quality That Every Great Teacher Shares
A lot has changed during my two decades as a teacher, but one thing is just as true as it was on my first day.
Eduardo Barreto, January 23, 2025
3 min read
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Teaching Profession Public Trust in Elementary School Teachers Declines—But Still Tops Most Other Professions
Elementary school teachers second only to nurses in a poll of most-trusted professions.
Evie Blad, January 17, 2025
3 min read
A pair of snow people greet motorists along Union Boulevard as a storm packing heavy snow envelopes the intermountain West on March 17, 2022, in Greenwood Village, Colo.
A pair of snow people greet motorists along Union Boulevard as a storm packing heavy snow envelopes the intermountain West on March 17, 2022, in Greenwood Village, Colo.
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Teaching Profession Teachers, Do You Check Your Work Email on Snow Days?
We know how students feel about snow days. But how do teachers see them?
Elizabeth Heubeck, January 13, 2025
3 min read
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Teaching Profession The State of Teaching Teachers and Administrators at Odds Over Extra Job Duties
The perception coincides with teachers' low levels of job satisfaction.
Alex Harwin, January 13, 2025
4 min read
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Teaching Opinion I Left the Classroom to Be a Horror Writer. Teaching Was Good Preparation
I loved my job, but not the conditions. Fiction writing helped me face my fears.
Marguerite Sheffer, January 10, 2025
4 min read
Louisiana teacher Charday Wilson takes questions from her students shortly after winning a $25,000 Milken Award. She and two other teachers were recognized for their innovative math teaching.
Back in the classroom, award recipient Charday Wilson teaches a math lesson and answers questions.
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Mathematics How 3 Top Math Teachers Nurture Students’ Ability to Tackle Challenge
91Ö±²¥ spoke with three award-winning teachers about how they help students persevere in the math classroom.
Sarah Schwartz, January 2, 2025
4 min read
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Teaching Profession The Holiday Gifts Teachers Actually Want (Hint: Skip the Mugs)
We asked educators what they actually want from students for the holidays.
Brooke Schultz & Laura Baker, December 20, 2024
1 min read
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Teaching Profession The Top 10 Slang Terms Teachers Never Want to Hear Again, Explained
A quick guide to student slang that teachers love to hate.
Marina Whiteleather, December 20, 2024
2 min read
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Curriculum What Teachers Are Saying About the Lawsuit Against Lucy Calkins and Fountas and Pinnell
Educators on social media had lots to say about the lawsuit filed against the creators of popular reading programs.
Tanyon A. Duprey, December 19, 2024
1 min read
Mary Kay Baum joins hundreds of labor union members at a rally to protest collective bargaining restrictions at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building in Madison, Wis., Aug. 25, 2011. Matthew Ziebarth, a high school social studies teacher in Beaver Dam, joined a lawsuit to overturn the law.
Mary Kay Baum joins hundreds of labor union members at a rally to protest collective bargaining restrictions at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building in Madison, Wis., Aug. 25, 2011. Matthew Ziebarth, a high school social studies teacher in Beaver Dam, joined a lawsuit to overturn the law.
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Teaching Profession In Their Own Words Why This Teacher Fought Back Against a Law Curbing Teachers' Unions
A high school social studies teacher talks about why he joined the lawsuit against Wisconsin's Act 10.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 18, 2024
7 min read
The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York.
The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York.
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Professional Development Is Bluesky the New Twitter for Teachers?
Educators are trying out social media app Bluesky for building and maintaining their professional learning networks.
Lauraine Langreo, December 17, 2024
7 min read
School & District Management From Our Research Center What Worries Educators Most? It Depends on Their Jobs
Teachers, principals, and district leaders are losing sleep—just over different things.
Arianna Prothero & Vanessa Solis, December 13, 2024
2 min read
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Teaching Profession Teaching Is Hard. Why Teachers Love It Anyway
Teachers share their favorite parts of the job.
Madeline Will, December 12, 2024
1 min read
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Teaching Profession Cold and Flu and Walking Pneumonia, Oh My! How Teachers Can Stay Healthy This Winter
Teachers are more vulnerable than other professions to colds and the flu. Experts talk about how to stay healthy.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 9, 2024
4 min read