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.
- Teaching Profession The State of Teaching What One Record-Setting Teacher Shortage Can Tell Us About the ProfessionOklahoma struggles mightily with the widespread perception that teaching is a low-wage, high-stress, low-respect profession.Teaching Profession The State of Teaching Introducing the Teacher Morale IndexThe EdWeek Research Center's Teacher Morale Index provides a year-over-year look at teachers' enthusiasm.Teaching Profession The State of Teaching 'I Probably Cried Every Night': The Truth About Supporting New TeachersNew teachers are in hot demand, but face a changed—and challenging—profession.Teaching Profession Video How a Moment of Recognition Rejuvenated This Alabama TeacherKenisha Gage, an elementary school teacher in Huntsville, Ala., shares the highs and lows of her career as an educator.Teaching Profession Quiz How Much Do You Know About America's Teachers? Quiz YourselfTake our quiz to gauge your knowledge of America's teaching profession—and find links to further reading.Teaching Profession Video From School Lockdown to 'Business as Usual': A Teacher's DayFrom an unexpected school lockdown to building students' confidence in science, it's "business as usual" for this Arizona high school teacher.Teaching Profession Video Teaching 'My Friends' Kids': An Alaska Educator With Deep Community TiesThis Alaska educator now teaches at the elementary school she once attended. It's a position ripe with rewards, and some challenges.Teaching Profession Video Former Student Becomes a Colleague to Arizona Teacher: 'It Has Come Full Circle'This Arizona music teacher has built connections within his community, but seeing a former student become a teacher is his greatest reward.Teaching Profession 5 Big Conversations to Expect at SXSW EDU (Plus, an Exciting Debut From EdWeek)Education stakeholders will discuss the biggest—and thorniest—issues facing schools at the March 4-7 conference.Teaching Profession Bilingual Teachers Are in Short Supply. How 3 Districts Solved That ProblemHelping bilingual paraprofessionals obtain bachelor's degrees and teaching credentials leads to more bilingual teachers, districts found.Teaching Profession Opinion How I’m Keeping Ahead of Burnout: 4 Tips for TeachersAn English teacher shares her best advice for battling the long-haul blahs until spring break.Teaching Profession Opinion Why Is the Nation Invested in Tearing Down Public Education?Education professor Deborah Loewenberg Ball argues that panic over test scores keeps us from building on the strengths of our children.Teaching Profession Teachers Censor Themselves on Socio-Political Issues, Even Without Restrictive State LawsA new survey from the RAND Corporation found that two-thirds of teachers limit their instruction on political and social issues in class.Teaching Profession 10 Major Challenges for Substitute TeachersSubstitute teachers want more support to do their jobs well. One state has identified their top concerns.Teaching Profession What the Research Says How to Refresh a Dwindling Pipeline of STEM Teachers? Researchers Share StrategiesThe pool of science teachers is getting younger and less prepared than it once was.