Tag: teaching profession

February 1, 2023

The teaching profession is in crisis. K-12 teachers report the highest burnout rate among all industries nationally, according to a June 2022 Gallup poll. Job satisfaction is at the lowest it’s been in 40 years. There is an estimated teacher […]

April 7, 2022

The U.S. Department of Education is continuing to take action to support and invest in the teaching profession and address the teacher shortage many schools and districts across the country face. The Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant program is […]

January 10, 2019

Retirement plans for teachers are currently receiving considerable attention as some states struggle to recruit and retain teachers, but also to fund schools while also fulfilling pension obligations. One of the largest draws to the teaching profession used to be […]

October 29, 2018

Educators and administrators have long been searching for solutions to address teacher recruitment and retention issues that continue to impact schools and students. Over the past several years, schools have grappled with significant teacher shortages, and classrooms have started school […]

August 3, 2018

High standards for teacher preparation programs, expecting educators to become scholars of teaching and substantial time for collaboration with peers are a few of the elements that set the teaching profession in high-performing countries apart from that of the U.S., […]

July 11, 2018

The marked decrease in young people entering the teaching profession is being attributed to a variety of reasons, including low pay and a lack of respect for teachers that simply wasn’t the case decades ago. The result is that as […]

March 14, 2017

There are few people who have studied teachers and the art of teaching as much as Barnett Berry has. He’s the founder and CEO of the Center for Teaching Quality, a national nonprofit that advances a high-quality public education system for all […]