Teaching Profession
Education news, analysis, and opinion about teachers as a workforce and policies affecting them.
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- 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.Teaching Profession 'Never Stop Learning’: Inside the Club for Retired TeachersA club for retired teachers keeps lifelong educators connected to the young people in today's classrooms.Teaching Profession Substitute Teachers Need Support, Too. See How One State Is HelpingSubstitute teachers often feel unsupported and underprepared. Here's how one state is trying to change that.Teaching Profession Behind the Scenes With the Real Teachers of 'Abbott Elementary'These teachers fulfill two roles both as educators and caretakers who are responsible for enforcing California's child labor laws on set.Teaching Profession It’s Tax Season, Teachers. See How to Save More MoneyExperts share multiple ways that educators may be able to incur savings at tax time.Teaching Profession In Their Own Words 'Why Doesn't Everybody Want to Do This?': A New Teacher's Midyear ReflectionTwenty-two-year-old Saxon Brown talks honestly about the challenges and rewards he's encountered in his first year on the job.