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 Professional Learning Guide Your Guide to New TeachersThis professional learning guide features support for new teachers, with tips for administrators.
Teaching Profession Professional Learning Guide Your Guide to New Teachers (Updated)This updated professional learning guide provides additional, actionable insights on supporting and preparing new teachers.
Teaching Profession Opinion How to Help Teachers AdvanceExecuting a few different strategies can foster supportive, empowering environments for teachers.
Teaching Profession Going NUTs: How One District Supports Its ‘New and Untenured’ TeachersFacing a flood of retirements in coming years, one district pushes to build connections among new, untenured teachers.
Teaching Profession Professional Learning Guide Your Guide to Teacher Mental Health & Well-BeingExplore practical, research-backed strategies designed to improve teacher morale, retention, and effectiveness.
Teaching Profession Opinion Teachers' Advice to Their Colleagues—in 7 Words or LessBite-sized advice that's big on wisdom.
Teaching Profession Opinion 'The Worst Rule I Ever Had to Live With ...': The Policies Teachers HateSometimes, teachers are baffled by the directives coming their way.
Teaching Profession What Teachers Think They Should Make vs. What They're Actually PaidTeachers think they deserve a 25% raise, a new survey finds.
Teaching Profession Do Teachers Check Work Email During Summer Break? Should They?Do teachers totally unplug during summer break—and do their principals expect them to? Here's what we found out.
Teaching Profession Q&A AFT’s Randi Weingarten on Kids' Screen Time, AI, and Engaging ConservativesThe head of the American Federation of Teachers discusses political and technological challenges for teachers.
Teaching Profession Opinion What Teens Really Want From Their TeachersHigh school students share what works for them.
Teaching Profession Teachers' Union Backs Away From Anti-Defamation League BoycottThe National Education Association faced public criticism for delegates' vote to exclude the organization's resources.
Teaching Profession Opinion Teaching Advice for Educators of All LevelsA veteran educator shares guidance and insights from more than two decades of teaching.
Teaching Profession GOP Renews Push to Revoke Federal Charter for Nation's Largest Teachers' UnionLawmakers announce repeal bill amid conservative protests against National Education Association.
Teaching Profession Opinion What Teachers Need to Know About Navigating Political TurmoilEducators share guidance on how to deal with the present moment.
