How educators are respected in relation to other professions can be a key marker in determining their overall status in an individual country. In China and Malaysia, the teaching profession is often ...

The chaos and fear caused by federal agents around schools, churches, and other sensitive locations needs to end now.

Whether you’re a classroom teacher, school counselor, paraeducator, bus driver, cafeteria worker or school secretary, everyone who works in a public school faces a new school year ready to do the job ...

In 2022-23, more state legislatures adopted new or expanded school voucher laws than in any previous year. This expansion occurred despite overwhelming evidence showing voucher programs strip funds ...

According to a recent NEA member survey, a staggering 55 percent of educators say they are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than planned. While fallout from the pandemic could be the ...

Standardized tests don’t accurately measure student learning and growth. Unlike standardized tests, performance-based assessment allows students to choose how they show learning. Performance-based ...

In celebrating the right to choose what to read, you can help bring new perspectives and more understanding, empathy, and joy to readers in your community. These resources highlight why it is ...

lower class sizes; give support to students with ADHD, dyslexia, and other disabilities; feed hungry students so they can learn; provide one-on-one tutoring; and make the cost of higher education and ...

Several main currents in the history of American educational testing are established. Formal written tests begins to replace oral examinations administered by teachers and schools at roughly the same ...

Across the U.S., 32 states spent less on public colleges and universities in 2020 than in 2008, with an average decline of nearly $1,500 per student. As a result, students need to pay (and borrow) ...

In the 1950s, segregationists promoted private school vouchers to help White parents avoid sending their children to desegregated schools. A new book explores how "choice" ideology is rooted in white ...

Students of all ages and backgrounds are experiencing unprecedented levels of sadness and hopelessness. In rural communities, however, mental health challenges tend to be more severe, compounded by ...