President and Founder, Proximity Learning. Evan has 15+ years of experience putting students first as a digital education entrepreneur. Teaching has historically been regarded as a noble profession, ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Teachers, on average, are not likely to recommend their profession to a loved one. Just 21 percent of teachers say they are likely to advise their own children—or the children of close family members ...
In a guest column, teacher Jordan Kohanim sounds the alarm on the well-being and future of her profession. On social media and personal blogs, teachers nationwide are saying the last 18 months have ...
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 ...
we see that there is little relationship that holds between these variables. Education costs rise primarily because class sizes are reduced, not because teachers' pay is increased beyond the rate of ...
The state Department of Public Instruction has gotten a new legal interpretation on when beginning teachers must take ...
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 ...