Teaching Profession
Education news, analysis, and opinion about teachers as a workforce and policies affecting them.
See also: Salaries & Benefits, Job Satisfaction, New Teachers, Teacher Diversity, Unions, Teacher Evaluations
The State of Teaching
New national data on the teaching profession, vivid reporting from classrooms, and resources to help support this essential profession.
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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.
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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 Video ‘Teachers Make All Other Professions Possible’: This Educator Shares Her WhyAn Arkansas educator offers a message on overcoming the hard days—and focusing on the why.
Teaching Profession Teachers to Admin: You Can Help Make Our Jobs EasierOn social media, teachers add to the discussion of what it will take to improve morale.
Teaching Profession Missy Testerman Makes Immigrant Students Feel Welcome. She's the National Teacher of the YearThe K-8 teacher prioritizes inclusion and connection in her work teaching English as a second language.
Teaching Profession Teachers: Calculate Your Tax-Deductible ExpensesThe IRS caps its annual educator expense deduction at $300. This calculator allows teachers to see how out-of-pocket spending compares.
Teaching Profession Opinion All About Teacher Observations: How to Get Them RightEducators and other experts offer a decade’s worth of insight on the highs and lows of teacher observations.
Teaching Profession The State of Teaching, 2024 Edition Dear Administrators: Teachers Want You to Get These 8 Tasks Off Their PlatesTeachers say these job duties shouldn't be part of their day-to-day responsibilities.
Teaching Profession Opinion What My Professors Never Told Me About TeachingIn graduate school, I learned how to set up a classroom—but not how to survive one.
Teaching Profession 'Here’s a Room. Here’s a Book. Good Luck': Veteran Teachers Reflect on How Their Careers BeganA little bit of support in the first year of teaching can go a long way, and older teachers are willing to mentor their new colleagues.
Teaching Profession The State of Teaching, 2024 Edition It's 'a Passion, It’s Not Just a Paycheck': Teachers' Advice on Joining the ProfessionIf you go into the job with open eyes, it's worth it, say five teachers featured in EdWeek's The State of Teaching project.
Teaching Profession The Finalists for National Teacher of the Year Have Ideas for Boosting Teacher MoraleThe four award-winning teachers also met with U.S. lawmakers to advocate for their education causes of choice.
Teaching Profession From Our Research Center Forget the Free Food and Gift Cards. Here's the Kind of Recognition Teachers Really WantNew survey results reveal what teachers and administrators find to be the most meaningful type of acknowledgment from a supervisor.
Teaching Profession The State of Teaching, 2024 Edition 'You Don't Know Teacher Tired': Educators Sound Off on MisconceptionsHear what teachers featured in EdWeek's The State of Teaching Project say makes their jobs more difficult.
Teaching Profession Opinion Why I’m Happy Being ‘Just a Teacher’Not every teacher is an aspiring administrator. That’s a good thing.
Teaching Profession What the Research Says Do Teachers Really Earn More After Leaving the Classroom? Not NecessarilyNearly a decade after leaving a big urban district, many teachers have yet to recoup income, a study finds.
Teaching Profession The State of Teaching, 2024 Edition Here's What Keeps Teachers on the JobHear why these teachers stay in the job, despite its challenges and lower pay.
