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 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.
Teaching Profession Want to Teach in Oklahoma? You May Have to Prove You're Not 'Woke'The state is partnering with PragerU to develop an assessment for incoming educators.
Teaching Profession Video VIDEO: Veteran Educator Larry Ferlazzo Retires, Reflects on His CareerFerlazzo will continue his Education Week opinion blog and plans to be a volunteer teacher to incarcerated youth this fall.
Teaching Profession ‘You Can Lead Now’: Inside the NEA’s Plan to Engage New TeachersIn an aging workforce, the nation's largest teachers' union seeks ways to engage younger educators.
Teaching Profession Can the National Education Association Win Over Republican Members?Union leaders seek common ground with conservative teachers while managing an active, mostly liberal membership.
Teaching Profession Teachers Face New Burdens After Supreme Court LGBTQ+ Opt-Out RulingA Supreme Court ruling allowing parents to opt their children out of certain lessons could add new challenges for teachers.
Teaching Profession Fewer Teachers Plan to Quit, But Pay and Burnout Are Still Major IssuesTeachers still feel overworked and underpaid, but some signs suggest things may be slowly improving.
Teaching Profession Q&A 'We’re Not Done Yet': NEA President Becky Pringle on the Union's Next StepsThe leader of the nation's largest teachers' union promises more activism.
