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Teaching Profession
Teachers-Turned-Lawmakers Vocal on Education Bill
Several members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including two who've been vocal on the ESEA rewrite, are former teachers.
Professional Development
Why Teachers Feel Guilty About Job Changes
Megan Allen, the 2010 Florida Teacher of the Year, is excited about her new career path but, like many teachers who leave the classroom, she feels guilty, too
Teaching Profession
Why the Fascination With 'Bad Teachers'?
Reflecting on the whole "bad teacher" genre as represented by movies and books like Tampa, Dana Goldstein wonders about the American public's ongoing fascination with stories about "despicable, or at least morally compromised" teachers.
Teaching Profession
Tennessee Teacher-Pay Plan Riles Union
The recent adoption of a new teacher-pay plan in Tennessee has spurred backlash from many union members, including calls for the state's education commissioner to be fired, reports The Tennessean.
Classroom Technology
Resource Watch: Interactive Lesson-Creation Tool
A new tech platform lets teachers—or anyone else, for that matter—create and share their own interactive lessons or courses.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Survey: Teachers Spend $485 Per Year on Their Classrooms
Roughly half the amount that the nation's public school teachers are spending on educational products is being covered with their own money, a new nationwide survey shows.
Teaching Profession
Our Blogger Wins 'Educator's Voice' Award
Congratulations to our fearless, diligent, and ever-amusing blogger Marilyn Rhames, author of Charting My Own Course, for receiving the Educator's Voice Blogger/Commentator of the Year Award from the Bammy Awards.
Teaching Profession
Teacher Wears Same Picture-Day Outfit 40 Years Straight
The Dallas Morning News reports that Dale Irby, who began teaching physical education in 1973, wore the same outfit for his school picture 40 years in a row.
Teaching Profession
Teach for America Sparks Debate in Minnesota
In May, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed a $1.5 million grant to Teach for America, saying that the organization has $350 million in assets and does not need the state's help.
Classroom Technology
Crowdsourcing: The Teacher-Voice Solution?
Districts have recently employed crowdsourcing to solve major problems. Could it help teachers authentically add their voices to policy discussions, too?
Teaching Profession
Mick Jagger Makes the Best of Not Being a Teacher
In a clip from a BBC interview, rock icon Mick Jagger says that while he's "pleased" with his career, there are others that he's wished he could have tried—among them, teaching.
School & District Management
A Teacher Reflects on 'Collective Failure' With Boys
In an article in The Atlantic, a New Hampshire teacher describes what she perceives as "rotten" in the state of boys' education.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Are Teachers 'At the Table' Or 'On the Menu'? Hard to Tell.
Thursday's "Evaluation Reform: Finding Solutions through Teachers" at the American Institutes for Research was just the type of 30,000-foot-level Washington event that disenfranchised teachers seem to fear is changing the course of their profession.