School-Life Balance

Clayton Hubert is an art teacher who wears many hats as an educator, including driving the school bus each morning, as seen here on Jan. 16, 2025, in Lamberton, Minn.
Clayton Hubert, an art teacher, wears many hats as an educator, including driving the school bus some mornings, as seen here on Jan. 16, 2025, in Lamberton, Minn. Many teachers say the expectations of the role have grown far beyond classroom instruction.
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Teaching Profession Teaching in 2025: ‘Every Day Is a Crazy Day. It’s Fine.’
The profession is changing, and it's more challenging than ever. Resilient teachers are adapting. But at what cost?
Sarah D. Sparks, Caitlynn Peetz & Ileana Najarro, March 4, 2025
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Teaching Opinion How Teachers Can Care for Their Students and Themselves This Year (Downloadable)
A veteran teacher suggests 8 essential practices to benefit everyone in the classroom.
Justin Parmenter, January 15, 2025
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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
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3 min read
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School & District Management Opinion What's the No. 1 Way to Retain Principals?
When it comes to the demands of the job, principals share common concerns, according to a recent survey.
Peter DeWitt & Michael Nelson, December 10, 2024
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5 min read
What keeps teachers up at night? A teacher can't fall asleep.
Teaching Profession From Our Research Center The Top 10 Things That Keep Teachers Up at Night
Teachers share their biggest work-related stressors.
Arianna Prothero & Vanessa Solis, November 26, 2024
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5 min read
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School & District Management Video How This Principal Protects Her Teachers’ Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance is possible for teachers. School and district leaders play a big role in making it happen.
Lauren Santucci, September 11, 2024
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Katelyn Wolff cuddles her newborn baby. Wolff claims that she was denied reasonable breaks to pump breast milk during the school day, despite a federal law protecting workers' rights to do so at work for up to a year after a child's birth. Many other teachers have experienced similar obstacles, advocates say.
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Teaching Profession One Teacher's Fight for the Right to Pump at Work
A teacher shares her struggle to secure what she considered reasonable breaks to pump during the school day, a right protected by law.
Elizabeth Heubeck, August 29, 2024
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5 min read
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Teaching Profession Legally, Breastfeeding Teachers Can Pump at Work. But Can They, Really?
A recent federal law allows breastfeeding teachers the time and space to pump at work. But many schools haven't caught up.
Elizabeth Heubeck, August 1, 2024
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5 min read
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Career Advice Opinion Are School Leaders Contributing to Their Own Stress and Burnout?
Focusing too much on your work often comes at the expense of well-being. Here's how educators can regain work-life balance.
Peter DeWitt, May 2, 2024
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3 min read
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Teaching Profession The State of Teaching, 2024 Edition Dear Administrators: Teachers Want You to Get These 8 Tasks Off Their Plates
Teachers say these job duties shouldn't be part of their day-to-day responsibilities.
Madeline Will, March 29, 2024
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6 min read
Woman balancing on a ball in front of a hectic background symbolizing work life balance.
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Teaching Profession Opinion ‘I Was Determined to Make a Change’: A Teacher's Checklist for Work-Life Balance
As a working mom, I struggled to maintain a sense of sanity and stability, writes one high school teacher. Here’s what works for her.
Sarah Elia, March 6, 2024
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5 min read
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School & District Management Opinion Why I Told an Excellent Teacher It Was Time to Leave Teaching
Leadership means being honest, even when it might go against the immediate needs of your school.
Matthew Ebert, January 16, 2024
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4 min read
Digital illustration of a bulletin board covered with post it notes with the word work on them, in the center there is a clearing with one solitary note that reads "Life" with a question mark.
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Teaching Profession Q&A Teaching Is Your Job. Why This Author Says It Shouldn't Be Your Whole Identity
The author of "The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life From Work," talks about how teachers can build healthier relationships with their jobs.
Madeline Will, October 11, 2023
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9 min read
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School & District Management Opinion How Principals Can Start School With a Smile
Here are five ways to stay positive and focus on morale this year.
S. Kambar Khoshaba, August 29, 2023
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4 min read
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