Teacher Leaders
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Social-Emotional Learning Won't Happen Without a Culturally Relevant Start
Educators engaging in emotion-talk with students can encounter obvious barriers when not taking the individual's cultural background into account.
Teaching Profession
What the Nation's Best Teachers Are Saying About U.S. Child Detention Policies
At an event in El Paso, Texas, hundreds of teachers, including many who've received their state's highest recognition, gathered to protest the Trump administration's policy of detaining migrant children and separating them from their parents. See what some teachers had to say.
Teaching Profession
Hundreds of Educators Hold 'Teach-In' to Protest Detention of Immigrant Children
National Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning organized the event to protest the United States' treatment of immigrant children.
Teaching Profession
'We Are the Voice for Our Profession': Milken Awardees on How Teachers Can Lead
Advocate for education, participate in community organizations, and support other teachers: The 2018-19 Milken Educators share their thoughts on what leadership roles educators should play outside of the classroom.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Riding the Wave of Change
Will we duck away from the changes coming, or move forward, powered by those changes, toward something greater than ourselves?
Teaching Profession
Opinion
The Problem With False Positivity
Students won't be empowered and emboldened by a falsely happy face insisting everything is fine. We can give them the courage to advocate, dream, and demand what they deserve.
Teaching Profession
Nation's Top Teachers Will Hold 'Teach In' at Child Detention Camp
The 2018 National Teacher of the Year is helping to organize a 24-hour "teach in" outside a detention camp for migrant children.
Teaching Profession
Do Teachers Have Sway in School Decisions? Depends Who You Ask
Almost all school leaders think that teachers are involved in making important school decisions, but just over half of teachers would agree.
Teaching Profession
Educators Who Ran for Office Share Their Lessons Learned (Video)
Watch a discussion between three educators who ran for their state legislatures about their experiences on the campaign trail.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Haves and Have-Nots: We Must Prioritize Outside Professional Development for ALL Teachers
Many outside PD opportunities still separate the "haves" from the "have-nots" and uphold systemic oppression.
Teaching Profession
Jahana Hayes on Her Path From Classroom to Congress (Video)
In an exclusive interview with Education Week, the nationally recognized teacher who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives discusses why she decided to run and her priorities as a new lawmaker.
Teaching Profession
One More Teacher Wins State Seat, Bringing Count to 43
One more teacher was elected to state legislature in a closely contested race.
Teaching Profession
Teachers Who Ran for Office: Fired-Up Political Newcomers or Incumbents?
Many of the teachers who ran for state legislative seats were challenging incumbents. Others were incumbents themselves.
Teaching Profession
Teachers Running for Office: A Roundup of Who Won and Lost
Forty-two teachers were elected to state legislature on Nov. 6. Here's everything you need to know about them—and their peers who lost.