Teaching Profession
Dive into data and perspectives on teacher salaries, benefits, unions, evaluations, workload, and morale
See also: Salaries & Benefits, Job Satisfaction, New Teachers, Teacher Diversity, Unions, Teacher Evaluations
The State of Teaching, 2026 Edition
New national data on the teaching profession, vivid reporting from classrooms, and resources to help support this essential profession.
Special Report
Taking Care of Teachers
This report looks at the many ways stressors related to COVID-19 and racial inequities have affected the teacher workforce, strategies for self-care, and how school leaders and districts can help protect their teachers’ social and emotional well-being through the continued uncertainty.
Special Report
Social-Emotional Learning 2017
This special collection explores methods for avoiding burnout, reducing stress, and teaching cultural responsiveness.
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Helping New Teachers Thrive
This special report explores the challenges new teachers face, and what schools of education, districts, and other organizations are doing to help them succeed.
- Teaching Profession K-12 Essentials Forum Supporting the New K-12 Workforce: What Teachers Need to Stay at SchoolJoin this free virtual event to discover what teachers say they need to feel supported to stay in classrooms for the long haul.
Teaching Profession Q&A 'Organize, Organize, Organize': New NEA President Sees the Value in Everyday EngagementThe incoming leader of the nation's largest teachers' union focuses on engagement.
Teaching Profession Teachers' Union Approves New Fund to Help Immigrant TeachersIt's aimed at teachers who came to the country before 2007 under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Teaching Profession Q&A NEA's Outgoing President Reflects on a Turbulent Tenure—And the Need for 'Continuous Organizing'The outgoing head of nation's largest teachers' union discusses how she's helped reposition it to respond to new challenges.
Teaching Profession Music Teacher Princess Moss Will Lead the Nation's Largest Teachers' UnionMoss will steer the powerful National Education Association. She won just over 50 percent share of the vote.
Teaching Profession Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Union Will Elect New Leader at Annual ConfabA primer to this year's nearly 7,000-delegate National Education Association Representative Assembly.
Teaching Profession Opinion This Simple Ritual Grounded Me During a Tumultuous School YearThis teacher isn't sentimental, but she's glad she kept her students' thank-you notes.
Teaching Profession From Our Research Center How Has Teacher Morale Changed Over Time?The EdWeek Research Center's Teacher Morale Index, offers a year-over-year gauge of educator job satisfaction.
Teaching Profession How These Schools Use Teams to Cut Teacher WorkloadsCalifornia teachers in the co-teaching pilot are reporting higher morale.
Teaching Profession More Teachers Name Classroom Management as a Job Stress Than Low PayA national survey highlights ongoing work and home pressures on educators.
Teaching Profession Opinion We Can’t Give Up on Teacher DiversityMany efforts to recruit Black teachers leave out a crucial element.
Teaching Profession Beach Reads, Not PD: Teachers Set Summer BoundariesMany teachers plan to avoid summer PD reading, choosing rest and relaxation instead.
Teaching Profession Download 5 Strategies for Supporting K-12 Teachers: Lessons From TexasAn April 14 event hosted by Education Week and Texas Public Radio surfaced challenges, and potential solutions.
Teaching Profession How Powerful Are Teachers’ Unions? It Depends on the StateTeachers unions face challengers for policy influence as new state-level organizations emerge, adding additional voices to education debates.Teaching Profession Webinar Effective Strategies to Lift and Sustain Teacher Morale: Lessons from TexasLearn about the state of teacher morale in Texas and strategies that could lift educators' satisfaction there and around the country.
