Wendy Kopp is the co-founder and CEO of Teach For All and founder of Teach For America. Fourth-grader Emmely is a bright and curious girl with big dreams of becoming a lawyer. But like many low-income ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

At New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Ill., a pretty, blue-eyed young woman, who might be mistaken for a home economics teacher, instead makes an unusual approach to the teaching of high ...

At a recent dinner party, surrounded by lawyers, engineers, and data scientists, I heard myself say that “I’m just a teacher.” I said it with embarrassment, knowing I was in a room full of people who ...

New teachers often feel unprepared for the intensity of their new careers. They face a multitude of challenges almost immediately upon joining, from managing student behavior to lesson planning, and ...

My sixth grade teacher scared the hell out of me. He was eccentric, loud, even a bully at times. He made me cry often and with regretful abandon. Some people called him a bully, but I think we were ...

No matter how good a teacher is, they're bound to get annoyed by parents at some point. It's like a law of nature. Some parents want to be really involved in their kids' lives and know everything that ...

“Always have been a history guy. I was not great in school. I barely slid my way out of high school. But it's a lesson that I try to tell them all the time," says White, "We talk about grades a lot ...