Depression in preschool teachers is associated with behavioral problems ranging from aggression to sadness in children under the teachers’ care, new research suggests. Depression in preschool teachers ...

Mar. 5—All Americans have a stake in a vibrant, strong and innovative system of public education. So a recent nationwide in-depth report published in The Free Press on teachers leaving the profession ...

While more than half of the students are students of color, about 83 percent of the state’s teachers are white. More than a third of students are Latino, but 11 percent of teachers are.

Underfunded pensions shouldn’t concern teachers because states are legally required to pay as promised, Biggs said. But the problem should concern taxpayers, who are funding an antiquated, unrealistic ...

It seems like just yesterday when Santa Fe High School’s team flew to Denver for the 2012 Summer Learning Forward Conference. At that conference, our team worked tirelessly with the Learning School ...

I figured that teachers wouldn’t let me off easy — even though my Saturday column took their side. I wrote about the recent classroom scuffle between a teacher and student at Santa Monica High, ...

I was director of Chicago Public Schools testing programs for nearly 20 years. I’m all for accountability; I got a great education at CPS and feel strongly that the current students deserve the same.

Last month, we learned that West Virginia public schools have a student absenteeism problem. The State Department of Education’s Balanced Scorecard report found that more than one-third (38 percent) ...