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 Trump Looms Large as the Nation's Largest Teachers' Union Sets Its PrioritiesDuring its annual meeting, the NEA strategized about its response to federal education policies.
Teaching Profession Q&A Planning for a Great Year? The Nation's Top Teacher Has You CoveredLittle ways administrators can support teachers can make a big difference, says the 2025 Teacher of the Year.
Teaching Profession Opinion No, Teaching Isn’t Customer ServiceTreating students and parents as “customers” often means asking teachers to endure disrespect and inflate grades.
Teaching Profession Opinion Want to Teach Overseas? Here's What You Need to KnowA classroom veteran spells out the pros and cons of teaching abroad.Teaching Profession K-12 Essentials Forum New Insights Into the Teaching ProfessionJoin this free virtual event to get exclusive insights from Education Week's State of Teaching project.
Teaching Profession How Teachers' Unions Are Confronting the Second Trump EraCan teachers' unions thread the needle between countering widespread anti-union measures and broadening membership and public support?
Teaching Profession Opinion My Career Began on a Zoom Screen 5 Years Ago. I Still Fell in Love With TeachingPublic education has become front-page news for all the wrong reasons. That’s not the whole story.
Teaching Profession What the Research Says A Personal 'Nudge' Can Get Teachers to Use Student Data in Smart WaysTeachers are key to effective ed-tech interventions. A new study looks at ways to engage them.
Teaching Profession Crayon Color Picker and Tornado: Teachers Share the Funniest Jobs Students WantA new generation of students wants new types of jobs. Some of their responses might surprise you.
Teaching Profession Opinion Larry Ferlazzo's 6 Reasons Why He Stayed at His SchoolWhy leave a high school where the administrators have fostered a supportive environment and made teaching fulfilling?
Teaching Profession Download Principals, Find Ways to Boost Teacher Morale (DOWNLOADABLE)Our discussion guide for principals has three key findings about teacher morale. Use them to jump-start your team's PD.
Teaching Profession Opinion Larry Ferlazzo: 10 Things I Will (and Won't) Miss When I RetireAfter 23 years, I am bidding farewell to my classroom. But I'm far from done with education, he explains.
Teaching Profession Will a J-1 Visa Freeze Disrupt Teacher Staffing?A federal pause on appointments for J-1 visas could affect districts, which have used international teachers to fill staffing holes.
Teaching Profession Inside the Rare and Rewarding Work of Teaching the Hmong LanguageTeachers in less commonly taught languages such as Hmong face unique challenges and opportunities in dual-language classrooms.
Teaching Profession From Our Research Center STEM Teachers Tell Us What Gets Them Jazzed About WorkTeaching STEM classes can be difficult and frustrating, because many students lack the confidence or skills to tackle those subjects.
