Teaching Profession
Education news, analysis, and opinion about teachers as a workforce and policies affecting them.
- SponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.Explore how adult well-being is key to promoting healthy social-emotional behaviors for students. Get strategies to reduce teacher stress.Teaching Profession The Teaching Profession Is 'Crumbling': What Can School Leaders Do to Help?Longstanding problems are more urgent as schools struggle to meet students' emotional and academic needs.Teaching Profession Q&A 'Brown v. Board' Decimated the Black Educator Pipeline. A Scholar Explains HowA new book digs into a lesser-known and negative consequence of one of the nation's most significant civil rights milestones.Teaching Profession Webinar Deeply Disillusioned: Results of the First Annual Merrimack College Teacher SurveyLearn about the results of the Merrimack College Teacher Survey, which suggests teacher satisfaction rates have plummeted.Teaching Profession Opinion Short On Substitute Teachers? Here's Something States Can DoStudent teachers can make good substitutes, but the rules often don't allow them to step in, write two researchers.Teaching Profession In Their Own Words 'I'm Afraid to Return to the Classroom': A Gay Teacher of the Year Speaks OutWillie Carver, Jr., the 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, is questioning his future as a teacher given recent anti-LGBTQ legislative efforts.Teaching Profession Teacher Morale Is at a Low Point. Here's Where Some Are Finding HopeIt’s been a hard few years for teachers. These are the moments with students that are keeping them going.SponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.Teachers and journalists have a lot in common. Both play vital roles in helping people understand and engage with the world. And, unfortunately, both are often underpaid, overworked and disrespected, especially in today’s climate of increasing politicization of curriculum and learning.Teaching Profession Nation's Top Teachers Bask in White House SpotlightThe national and state teachers of the year were honored by the president and first lady in a White House ceremony.Teaching Profession Opinion Ignore the Negativity. Be a TeacherEvery day in the classroom offers new experiences, as well as the opportunity to have a major influence on students' lives.Teaching Profession Opinion It's Time to Give Feedback Another Chance. Here Are 3 Ways to Get It RightTeachers and school leaders have a love-hate relationship with feedback, but that's not feedback's fault. It's all in how we approach it.Teaching Profession Teacher Salaries Aren't Keeping Up With Inflation. See How Your State ComparesTeachers are making less now than they did a decade ago, according to an inflation-adjusted analysis by the National Education Association.Teaching Profession Opinion Would You Urge a Young Person to Go Into Teaching? What Teachers SayThere's no one answer to explain why teachers would recommend (or not) their profession. What is clear: It's rewarding.Teaching Profession Video 2022 National Teacher of the Year: ‘So Honored to Be a Part of This Profession’Kurt Russell, a history teacher from Oberlin, Ohio, shares his outlook on the profession and a message for his fellow educators.Teaching Profession Teachers Told Us How They Rack Up Those 54 Hours of Work Each WeekTeachers react to national survey results that show they spend about 54 hours a week on the job and share their own workday schedules.