Education Week - K-12 education news and information
1 day ago · Education Week’s ambitious project seeks to portray the reality of teaching and to guide smarter policies and practices for the workforce of more than 3 million educators: The State of Teaching...
Schools are bracing for widespread teacher layoffs. Here’s why
May 11, 2024 · Schools across the country are announcing teacher and staff layoffs as districts brace for the end of a pandemic aid package that delivered the largest one-time federal investment in K-12...
Teacher shortages are at crisis levels. Yet the pay gaps are growing
Mar 11, 2024 · Teacher shortages:86% of public schools struggle to hire educators. How teacher salaries compare. As of last fall, K-12 teachers in the U.S. earned an average $68,000 annually.
Teachers in three North Shore school districts on strike
2 days ago · Teachers in three North Shore school districts on strike. Teachers on strike outside Beverly Middle School on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Tori Bedford GBH News. Tori Bedford. Sarah Betancourt. November 12, 2024. About 10,000 North Shore students aren’t in school as a result of teacher strikes in Beverly, Gloucester and now Marblehead.
Teachers Are Missing More School, and There Are Too Few …
Feb 19, 2024 · Making matters more difficult is a national shortage of substitute teachers, which many educators say has worsened since the pandemic. Schools serving low-income areas are the least likely to be...
Teaching & Learning - Education Week
Education news, analysis, and opinion about teaching and teachers. Sarah Said teaches her high school English learners how to responsibly use AI tools for language learning.
Teacher Strikes, Explained: Recent Strikes, Where They're Illegal, …
Oct 30, 2023 · Teacher strikes are an organized refusal to work that can cause public schools to close indefinitely.
6 things to know about U.S. teacher shortages and how to solve them - NPR
Mar 23, 2023 · There are more teachers now than before the pandemic, so why did almost half of U.S. schools still have teacher vacancies weeks into this school year? Here's what to know.
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions …
May 2, 2024 · Today, ahead of Teacher Appreciation Week, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new efforts to strengthen the teaching profession and support schools across the country, including...
Teacher shortages sweep nation as 86% of schools struggle with …
Oct 17, 2023 · Nearly 9 in 10 public school districts struggled to hire teachers heading into the school year, and many potential hires were deterred by low salaries.