Louise Williamson has been an educator for more than three decades. But this past school year has been one of her most challenging. For years, the teaching profession has been “crumbling” under the ...

The time has come where we are being asked by everyone around us, “So, what’s next?” Many of us have just spent the past 17 years — 81 percent of a 21-year-old’s life — in school. Many of us have ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. This is part one in a two-part series. The second part focuses on potential solutions to ...

Becoming a schoolteacher is a journey that leads to a rewarding and fulfilling career. If you think for a minute, you can probably remember a teacher who had a positive impact on your life. That is ...

I’ve learned that the power of coaching isn’t in providing fixes, but in creating space for teachers to think aloud, reflect, ...

Teaching has a retention problem, especially for educators from diverse backgrounds — and the problem could grow even worse.

In 1966, the Coleman Report concluded there is a stronger relationship between student achievement and teacher quality than either curriculum or student facilities. Most research today confirms this.

Given the current situation in education, how can we possibly hope to attract able, imaginative, and honorable people into teaching, and how, once they enter, can we sustain them? Given the current ...

In today's society, the common saying "those who can't do, teach," seems to exemplify the opinion toward public school teachers — that the work they do isn't intellectually challenging. This often ...

Re “Districts boost pay for substitute teachers” (Sept. 26): As a veteran classroom teacher I want to thank you for highlighting the dire shortage of substitute teachers in every school district in ...