Recruitment & Hiring
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Recruitment & Retention
Why This Governor Wants to Ban H-1B Visas for Teachers—and Why Schools Use Them
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to ban schools from using H-1B visas to hire international teachers, a strategy used to fill key staffing gaps.
Recruitment & Retention
Why Teachers Would—or Wouldn’t—Move to a High-Needs School
Money and school culture—some factors that influence whether teachers want to work in such schools.
Recruitment & Retention
What Does it Cost to Convince Top Teachers to Switch to High-Need Schools?
New research underscores how hard it is to pull top educators to rural or high-poverty schools.
English Learners
From Our Research Center
How Schools Are Navigating the English-Learner Teacher Shortage
EdWeek Research Center survey data found schools continue to struggle staffing for English learners.
Teaching
Opinion
Teach For America's New CEO: 'We're Working to Reinspire Belief' in Public Education
The new TFA chief explains what’s behind a 43% uptick in its incoming class.
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
Want to Get Hiring Right? 3 Ways Principals Can Make Smarter Staffing Decisions
To build exceptional teams, we need to break apart the mechanics of the hiring process.
Recruitment & Retention
From Our Research Center
Hiring Teachers? Word of Mouth Still Leads the Way
A national survey looked into the kinds of recruiting efforts that proved most effective.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
We Can’t Give Up on Teacher Diversity
Many efforts to recruit Black teachers leave out a crucial element.
Early Childhood
Q&A
The Unspoken Reason Men Turn Away From Careers as Early Educators
Calvin Moore Jr. gets honest about why so few men are early-childhood teachers and how to fix it.
School & District Management
Schools Hope They Can Replenish Their Bus Driver Ranks This Summer
Without enough drivers, other educators often fill gaps. A new survey shows how often.
Recruitment & Retention
Q&A
A New Group Looks for Ways to Draw Men Into Teaching
Fewer men are becoming teachers, prompting new efforts to recruit and retain them.
Recruitment & Retention
From Our Research Center
Want to Recruit Teachers? Restrict Student Cellphone Use During School
Many school districts now limit student cellphone use during school hours.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
The Interview Topic That Could Trip Up This Year's Job-Seeking Teachers
Artificial intelligence is creeping into schools. Hirers want to know how job candidates feel about it.