As millions of Ohio’s students lost learning from the chaos of the early pandemic and are now struggling with mental health problems, having experienced, quality teachers who can inspire students has ...

Wendy Kopp is the co-founder and CEO of Teach For All and founder of Teach For America. Fourth-grader Emmely is a bright and curious girl with big dreams of becoming a lawyer. But like many low-income ...

New teachers often feel unprepared for the intensity of their new careers. They face a multitude of challenges almost immediately upon joining, from managing student behavior to lesson planning, and ...

Like most Kindergarten classrooms, Carol Espiritu’s is decorated with cheerfully colored posters illustrating the months and seasons, stacks of picture books and imaginative drawings. Espiritu’s tiny ...

At a recent dinner party, surrounded by lawyers, engineers, and data scientists, I heard myself say that “I’m just a teacher.” I said it with embarrassment, knowing I was in a room full of people who ...

“All of the best teachers I’ve had have been as engaging as they wish their students to be. They have genuine respect for students and for what they’re teaching. They become role models for students ...

I have always been an introvert. Don’t get me wrong, I love people, but like most introverts, I inevitably reach a point when the lights go off. You can see it in my glazed-over eyes, half-laugh and ...

Teachers are a central figure in our lives, if only because almost all of us have had direct experience with quite a number of them. Americans are a highly diverse group of people, but our memories of ...

Outside Chevak School, in western Alaska, the lake is ice, and the snowy tundra unfurls to the Bering Sea. But that doesn't stop new, first-grade teacher Amelia Tulim from trying to lighten the mood ...

After gorging ourselves on Chinese takeout, my husband opened his fortune cookie and read the following line: “It is never crowded along the extra mile.” I had a visceral response to this seemingly ...

No matter how good a teacher is, they're bound to get annoyed by parents at some point. It's like a law of nature. Some parents want to be really involved in their kids' lives and know everything that ...