State education leaders on Wednesday unveiled a new campaign aimed at recruiting more people to the teaching profession. TeachNC is the "largest statewide initiative of its kind," according to State ...

A Times article this week described the stiff competition among graduates from top colleges for jobs with Teach for America. "Teach for America has become an elite brand that will help build a résumé, ...

These past 10 years have been a whirlwind for the teaching profession. The policy pendulum has swung back and forth, and there has been a growing number of demands put on teachers’ plates. “There’s an ...

C. Kent McGuire is dean of the Temple University College of Education and a member of the board of the New Teacher Project. Updated January 25, 2011, 12:56 PM That Teach for America is celebrating its ...

In a very productive exchange, Dean Millot and Corey Bower have been contemplating the professional status of education. Dean’s most recent post, “Why Legally Recognized Professionalism is Necessary ...

In a guest column, teacher Jordan Kohanim sounds the alarm on the well-being and future of her profession. On social media and personal blogs, teachers nationwide are saying the last 18 months have ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Teacher turnover rates are improving in North Carolina compared to last year’s State of the Teaching Profession report, but the State Superintendent says far too many ...

Citing a declining student population, a low-income high school in Atlanta fired one of its four social studies teachers. The next day, the school announced Jameson Brewer, a newly minted Teach For ...

Teachers generally like teaching. They stay in their chosen profession about as long as accountants or social workers stay in theirs. Teachers may not get rich, but they live comfortably middle-class ...