Educational Leadership

In “The Teachers,” Alexandra Robbins tells the stories of educators and their successes, stresses and burnout.

There’s more paperwork and less time to support new colleagues. A teacher reflects on the highs and lows of 50 years in the classroom.

With Afghan girls barred from attending secondary school by the Taliban, underground schools have formed to allow young women to continue their education.

Given that education has become polarized and politicized, it makes sense that educators feel misunderstood and underappreciated.

Some states facing acute teacher shortages have stopped requiring college degrees for job candidates.

Two teacher educators look at how we can keep students in teaching degrees. Reimbursing them for professional placements in schools would be a start.

Australia’s education ministers have asked their departments to come up with a new plan to address the teacher shortage by December.

One teacher together with 25 kids in a classroom may no longer work as the norm for Australian schools.

Almost 60 per cent of teachers are considering making an early exit from the profession as they struggle with increasingly challenging student behaviour.

A second job for a teacher was once private tutoring, but social media has created new opportunities – and some teachers have more than 100,000 followers.

Analysing two major studies, researchers found it did not matter if teachers had less than one year of experience or had spent 25 years in the classroom – they delivered the same quality of teaching.

A teacher at a school in Australia has gained fans around the world after a Twitter post about the stuffed toys she made for her students as a surprise Christmas gift went viral.

In this latest installment of the CNN Opinion series -- "America's Future Starts Now" -- educators, academics and think tank experts examine major problems in US public education, chief among them, the partisan divisions over what gets taught in the classroom and how.

For some teachers, a 70-hour week is normal. Experts say this needs to change.

Today, state and federal education ministers will meet in Canberra to discuss the teacher shortage. It will be their first in-person meeting for more than a year.

Students who engaged with the meditation practice benefitted but many were bored by it, say researchers

A new study finds a three-year trial of the ‘reflective circles’ approach to peer support offers a way forward for teachers whose already stressful jobs have become even tougher during the pandemic.

Research confirms that a focus on restoring the well-being of educators is vital to deliver the gains promised by huge new investments in early childhood learning and care.

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged schools across the country like never before, but it's also shone a light on existing issues within the profession such as a chronic shortage of specialised teachers and growing workload stress. Reporter Mayeta Clark follows teachers in public schools in NSW as they struggle to cover classes and keep their students engaged.