Some parts of this picture are clearer than others. Teachers are dissatisfied, students are struggling, and the future of education looks grim. Those are some of the findings of the Pew Research ...

When the coronavirus pandemic broke out in the spring of 2020, schools in the United States made a rapid, unprecedented shift to remote instruction amidst a global atmosphere of fear, hardship, ...

I had a calling to teach. So many educators do. For me, it started with a small chalkboard and my teddy bears lined up as my first classroom. It led me to pursue a career in teaching, starting first ...

For the last year, EdSurge has been showcasing students enrolled in teacher preparation programs to understand who is going into teaching today — and why. In each profile, we hand the mic over to an ...

The last few years have taken a toll on our teachers. The COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing cultural divisions, and the Uvalde, Texas, massacre all weigh heavily. Morale is at an all-time low. Now is the ...

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 ...

After the 2021–22 school year, teachers in eight states left the profession at their highest rate in at least five years. Many more considered quitting. According to the Merrimack College Teacher ...

Amid a statewide teacher shortage, talk of teachers leaving the profession or simply not going into it in the first place is widespread. In a 2022 UCLA study, 1 in 5 California teachers said they ...

In the wake of the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, the world has witnessed the resilience and adaptability of educators, who played a pivotal role in ensuring the continuity of learning during the ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are unprecedented in their scope and level of ambition. But has the investment in tools, time and confidence for teachers matched these ambitions? The campaign ...

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 ...