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
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- Teaching Profession Will Biden’s New Loan-Forgiveness Plan Cast a Wider Net for Educators?The Biden administration is taking another tack to push through loan forgiveness, including for teachers.Teaching Profession An Unexpected Effect of Teacher Strikes on How Much Schools SpendDistricts where strikes took place saw average per-pupil funding grow. But that wasn't the only impact of educator strikes.Teaching Profession From Our Research Center Here's What Teachers Think Their Salaries Should BeSuperintendents and principals also gave the salaries they think they deserve.Teaching Profession Teachers, Tame the 'Sunday Scaries'Many teachers feel a real dread of the pending workweek. Here's how to cope.Teaching Profession Opinion My Life as a Substitute Teacher in Suburbia: Chaos and CrueltyI was ignorant of the reality until I started teaching, writes a recent college graduate.Teaching Profession The State of Teaching This Is the Surprising Career Stage When Teachers Are UnhappiestSurvey data reveal a slump in teachers' job satisfaction a few years into their careers.Teaching Profession K-12 Essentials Forum Turn the Tide on Teacher MoraleWhat can leaders and teachers do to turn the tide of low morale and dissatisfaction? Join this free event to learn more!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 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.