Teachers can suffer abuse on the job.
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From being subjected to harassment and threats to getting assaulted or having their cars keyed, many American teachers are being victimized.
Year 7 students at the International School of Helsinki, Finland, doing a sustainable development exercise with the author (top left) and fellow teacher Rachael Thrash.
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My year of buying almost nothing saved me thousands of dollars – but also taught me valuable lessons as a teacher, including about the benefits of failure.
Susan Hoenhous and other teachers of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario participate in a full withdrawal of services strike in Toronto on Jan. 20, 2020.
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For some teachers, this week’s rotating strikes in Ontario are a chilling reminder of the school fallout of 1995-2002, when Mike Harris was premier.
Teachers walk the picket line outside Northern Secondary School in Toronto, on Dec. 4, 2019.
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Short answer: they don’t. But striking teachers often receive a bit of financial help during a strike from money they themselves have already paid to their unions.
Technologies like Virtual Reality can play a role in schools, but teachers must be properly empowered and involved.
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A clearer understanding of teachers’ needs is required if schools and universities are to be better prepared for a future where technology is key to teaching and learning.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren would make universal preschool a federal priority.
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Biden, Sanders, Warren and other candidates are calling for a substantial and unprecedented spending boost.
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Reforms are set to continue in the same direction as before.
As teachers attempt to meet the diverse educational, mental health, and behavioural needs of their students, they face high rates of burnout.
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Providing teachers with training in crisis intervention is one short-term strategy to help them meet the increasingly complex needs of students.
Chances are she could be fired for ‘moral turpitude.’
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What it means to be a good teacher has changed over time, along with prevailing views on what constitutes appropriate behavior.
School funding doesn’t add up.
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Children in classrooms – particularly in disadvantaged areas – are already feeling the very real effects of funding cuts.
By working in roles that are typically viewed as being more appropriate for women, men can break down the notions that foster gender inequalities.
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South Africa has a low number of male teachers in the foundation phase. Why this must change.
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A new study suggests LGB teachers in rural schools far likelier to have depression or anxiety than those in towns or cities.
It’s estimated up to 50% of teachers leave the profession within five years of graduating.
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If we don’t find ways to keep new teachers in schools then we face a teacher shortage, larger class sizes and more people teaching outside their field of expertise.
Children benefit enormously from being taught in their own languages.
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A much more flexible and open teaching and language policy would help teachers and pupils to enable a meaningful learning environment in a multilingual and diverse classroom setting.
Although disparities exist, French teachers are generally satisfied with their jobs.
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Nearly 1 million teachers in France – 4% of the employed population – work with students on a daily basis, in the public or private sector. How do they feel?
If you want to earn a high income in Australia, you’re often better off having no degree than having a bachelor degree in teaching.
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Teachers get paid a decent starting salary but they soon fall behind other professionals the longer they stay in the job.
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In Nordic and Latin American countries, education systems promote well-being and resilience. The UK still has a lot to learn.
Teachers are now more the ‘union heartland’ than blue-collar workers. Union membership in the education and training sector is about 33%, compared with 15% generally.
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Teacher unions have a thing or two to teach the the union movement about how to succeed when strikes don’t work.
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Study shows how to help students achieve their full potential.
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Teachers are increasingly being encouraged to take mindfulness courses so that they can begin teaching it to pupils.