The real crisis in American education isn’t that teachers are succeeding at indoctrination; it’s that the accusation of indoctrination is succeeding at generating fear. That fear drives good teachers ...
Education Week’s State of Teaching survey, part of our annual project, reveals that most teachers believe they are viewed negatively by the American public. Feeling undervalued has the potential to ...
The researchers found no differences in reading, math or science achievement — or in behavioral and social measures. Teachers rated students on traits like impulsiveness, cooperation, anxiety, empathy ...
The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to upend the Department of Education as it currently functions. It plans to lay off at least half of the department's workforce, more than ...
A senior at Building 21 High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, talks with his social studies teacher about his senior presentation on May 23, 2024. (Michelle Gustafson for The Washington Post via ...
If we are looking for lessons from the chaos of the pandemic, one of them should be how difficult being a teacher is. Teaching is more than relaying knowledge. Teachers must keep students focused, ...
Photographs by Eric Ryan Anderson, Gabriella Angotti-Jones, Chase Castor, George Etheredge, JerSean Golatt, Gavin McIntyre, Alyssa Pointer, Whitten Sabbatini and Zack Wittman Boys are falling behind ...