Despite the difficulties that come with the profession, Lisa Jorgenson encourages teachers to remember their ‘why’ ...

Amanda Meszaros is a third- and fourth-grade special day class teacher serving students with extensive support needs at Stockdale Elementary School. “Over the past 24 years as a special education ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carrie Lukas, a mother of five, is president of Independent Women. Removing needless red tape and ideology in the teaching ...

A new Monash University study has analyzed the association between positive teacher-student relationships and well-being in middle and secondary school teachers. Published in Educational Psychology ...

Teaching has always been demanding, but many educators say the job has become increasingly difficult in recent years. When students lack motivation, refuse to do their work, or struggle with mental ...

Kicking. Yelling. Throwing school supplies across the room. Physical violence. Teachers report experiencing these every day. And when class sizes bloat, or teachers don’t feel supported by their ...

We all have our favorite teachers. We all have teachers whose guts we hated. And then, regardless of our own stance, many of us have teachers who we simply respected—like, dislike, it didn’t matter.

Middle school marks the transition from late childhood to early adolescence. Developmental psychologist Erik Erikson describes the transition as a shift from the Industry vs. Inferiority stage (ages 6 ...

When you went to school, did you call your teacher Mrs, Ms or Mr, followed by their surname? Perhaps you even called them Sir or Miss. The tradition of addressing teachers in a formal manner goes back ...

EVERY nation aspires to raise citizens who love their country, respect its laws, protect its unity and actively contribute to its development.Governments invest billions in infrastructure, healthcare, ...

I reside in Richland with two children in the Pine-Richland school system. As a veteran ELA teacher in a neighboring district, I have absolute confidence in our ELA teachers — knowledgeable, dedicated ...

I spoke in January 2026 with 150 high school students about career options. After explaining my own career as a professor of education, health and behavior, I asked the students a simple question: ...