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The State of Teaching, 2025 Edition
New national data on the teaching profession, vivid reporting from classrooms, and resources to help support this essential profession.
Teaching
Bitmoji Classrooms: Why Teachers Are Buzzing About Them
Teachers who are leading classes remotely are building Nvirtual environments for their students featuring avatar versions of themselves.
School & District Management
Worried Teachers Want to Know: What Happens If I Get Sick?
In many places, teachers are preparing to head back into classrooms without any guarantee that they will stay healthy. Some are leaving their jobs rather than take the risk.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
The 8 Things Teachers Know for Certain When Schools Reopen
There are some serious questions that still need answers, but there are a few certainties that teachers can hold onto, writes Casey M. Bethel.
Teaching Profession
Video
Emotional Regulation for Teachers Dealing With Uncertainty
Marc Brackett shares his advice for emotional regulation for teachers amidst the anxiety and uncertainty of the new school year.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Returning to the Classroom Safely Is Just Another Impossible Task for Teachers
Teachers can recognize a familiar disregard and absurdity underlying the politicized debates over reopening schools, writes Richard Ullman.
Teaching Profession
Tiny Teaching Stories: 'His Test Was Positive for COVID-19'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
The Enduring Work of Teachers: Invisible to the Eye
In a year marked by loss, we can’t forget the most important thing we do as teachers, writes Justin Minkel: We make sure every child knows they’re loved.
Social Studies
From Our Research Center
Survey of Mostly-White Educators Finds 1 in 5 Think Textbooks Accurately Reflect People of Color
When asked how much the textbooks they use "accurately and fully reflect the experiences of people of color," one in five educators said "a lot."
Equity & Diversity
Photos
Educators Rally for Police-Free Schools
Parents, students and teachers from across the country are protesting the presence of police in schools.
Teaching
Can Teachers Really Do Their Jobs in Masks?
“I just cannot imagine trying to build rapport with kids who can’t see two-thirds of my face,” said one middle school teacher.
Recruitment & Retention
Holding On to Older Teachers in the Pandemic: Ideas for Districts
With nearly 20 percent of teachers in public schools age 55 or older, administrators need to give special consideration to their health and safety as they craft plans for reopening.
Teaching Profession
Three Members of Navajo Family, Two of Them Educators, Die From COVID-19
Marie Pino, who taught generations of children in her Navajo community, died at 67. She had lost one of her sons, a school basketball coach, to coronavirus-related illness just weeks before; her husband, an emergency medical coordinator and pastor, died of the illness shortly after she did.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
This Isn't What Teachers Signed On For. What Comes Next?
Many teachers have been attracted to the profession for social reasons that are now missing from online instruction, writes Susan Moore Johnson.
Teaching Profession
LGBTQ Teachers Celebrate Supreme Court Ruling on Workplace Protections
"This means that educators can no longer be fired at work for who they love or who they are," the National Education Association president said.