In 1998, I began my journey as an elementary teacher under the tutelage of my aunt and revered educator, Marva N. Collins. My mother was also a teacher, so I saw firsthand what it meant to be a ...

Being a public school educator is a job that comes with the satisfaction of being able to teach and shape young minds. Sadly, it's also accompanied by stress, exhaustion, and burnout, especially in ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. As a result of all the belt-tightening, the responsibilities of faculty members at primarily ...

Martha Kilner, from London, was a teacher for 20 years. She ended up in hospital after a panic attack due to the increasing stress and workload. She became a virtual assistant in early 2024 and was ...

American teachers are increasingly stepping away from their jobs because of the educational systems and structures that prevent them from engaging in good teaching, which involves professional ...

When Nick Watkins started teaching high school science in 2022, he didn't expect to feel burned out just two years later. "I feel it coming on, and it's really sad because I keep telling myself that ...

Alfred “Shivy” Brooks II, an economics and government teacher at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Ga., turns 40 March 9. On the cusp of middle age, Brooks already has worn far more ...

From the “grandaddy of acting teachers” Konstantin Stanislavsky all the way to your local high school’s wrangler of theater kids, drama teachers play a crucial role in the artistic and emotional ...

It’s disheartening to continue hearing about how mentally and emotionally drained many of today’s teachers feel. From students’ misbehavior and their parents’ attitudes to the pressure from ...

There are some aspects of comedy you just can’t teach. But for comedian Chinedu Unaka, plenty was learned while giving lessons in a classroom. As a kid growing up in South L.A., it wasn’t planned that ...

Many teachers have found A.I. applications helpful in reducing their workload. AFP via Getty Images For Yaeger, who has been working in education for more than 20 years, it already is. Yaeger creates ...