A teacher calling on a student in a classroom. Becoming a teacher takes more than having patience and a fondness for children. Most teaching roles require a bachelor’s degree and—if teaching at a ...

The most common type of professional development provided to U.S. public school teachers in the 2011-2012 school year focused on boosting their content area knowledge, according to a new report from ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Educating future generations is one of the most meaningful careers someone can pursue and depending on what you’re teaching, it can be quite lucrative too. The Staten Island ...

The average teacher is usually obligated to work 40 hours per week, but the reality is many educators work much longer hours to meet the academic and social needs of their students. In fact, teachers ...

A recent blog post asked, “Does the personality of a teacher have an impact on the success of the student?” It seemed like asking if the weather has any effect on the pilot of an airliner. Of course, ...

The beginning of the school year is all about backpacks full of fresh school supplies, fancy bento lunches (that will slowly turn into good old-fashioned peanut butter sandwiches within the first ...

This is the canary in the coal mine. Several big states have seen alarming drops in enrollment at teacher training programs. The numbers are grim among some of the nation's largest producers of new ...