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  1. getting around
    Drama in the Teachers’ LoungeNew York City educators were shocked to hear their union was suing the MTA.
    By Bridget Read
  2. as told to
    How Teachers Talked About Uvalde With Their StudentsAfter the Texas school shooting, educators share their fears and frustrations.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  3. uvalde
    ‘As Teachers, We’re Expected to Put Our Lives on the Line’An educator near Uvalde feels the weight of the Texas school shooting.
    As told to Brooke LaMantia
  4. academic freedom
    Mississippi Educator Fired for Reading Kids a Silly BookAssistant principal Toby Price read I Need a New Butt to second-graders in Hinds County. Now he’s out of a job.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. education
    Glenn Youngkin Won’t Stop Undermining Public SchoolsIt’s ludicrous to think that parents alone should control every school decision affecting their kids.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. squid game
    As If Teachers Don’t Put Up With Enough AlreadyA South Dakota hockey league has apologized for making teachers scramble for cash on ice.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  7. cultural leeches
    Sigh, Another White Woman Has Been Exposed As Pretending to Be Black for CloutThis time it’s George Washington University professor Jessica Krug.
    By Chris Murphy
  8. overloaded
    The True Cost of Being a Black TeacherEven at a school that yearns for racial equity, I constantly feel like this profession is a path to nowhere.
    By Erin Crosby-Eckstine
  9. back to school
    ‘I Don’t Want to Make My Mom Sick’Kids talk about their fears and hopes for returning to school.
    As told to Amelia Schonbek
  10. back to school
    ‘I Think of Little Fingers Wiping Snot on My Shirt’Teachers discuss their back-to-school anxieties.
    As told to Amelia Schonbek
  11. dystopia
    Now Kids Are Being Suspended for Posting Photos of Their Crowded SchoolTwo Georgia students say they were disciplined for complaining publicly about their crowded high school.
    By Bridget Read
  12. education
    What Will the First Day of School Look Like?Terrified teachers. Obstinate officials. Exhausted parents. Inside the messy, bungled battle to reopen New York City’s schools.
    By Keith Gessen
  13. what i learned
    The Sound of My Husband’s Teaching VoiceI overhear his lectures and guidance, his joke-cracking and enthusiasm.
    By Esmé Weijun Wang
  14. coronavirus
    What Went Wrong With Reese Witherspoon’s Big Dress GiveawayHer label, Draper James, said it wanted to “give teachers a free dress” as a thank-you.
    By Claire Lampen
  15. education
    She Just Wants Her Students To Keep TalkingSamantha Elkaim knows she can’t replicate her classroom, but maybe she can still reach the kids.
    By Molly Fischer
  16. labor
    Little Rock Teachers Refuse to Relive the Bad Old DaysDecades after the school district integrated, a state proposal threatens progress.
    By Sarah Jones
  17. politics
    Matt Bevin Was Unpopular Because of His PoliciesMatt Bevin was a uniquely unpopular governor. It’s important to understand why.
    By Sarah Jones
  18. education
    West Virginia Republicans Are Still Trying to Punish Striking TeachersWest Virginia teachers demonstrated again on Monday as GOP lawmakers pushed school choice and penalties for striking teachers after recent walkouts.
    By Sarah Jones
  19. california
    Teacher Battling Breast Cancer Forced to Pay For Her SubstituteUnder California law, teachers have to pay for their own replacements while on extended sick leave.
    By Amanda Arnold
  20. education
    Years of Low Pay Helped Spark the Teacher Strike WaveA new report affirms protesting teachers’ complaints, noting their wages have long been declining and they’re paid less than comparable professionals.
    By Sarah Jones
  21. education
    After a Weeklong Strike, Los Angeles Teachers May Have a DealMembers of the United Teachers of Los Angeles still have to vote on the deal, but it sounds like a victory for striking educators.
    By Sarah Jones
  22. kentucky
    Kentucky Governor Calls Special Session to Go After Teacher Pensions AgainThe state Supreme Court shot down cuts to public employee pensions, so Matt Bevin is pursuing his unpopular “reforms” in the worst possible way.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. education
    Chicago Teachers Clear Path for Nation’s First Charter-School StrikeFollowing a wave of teacher protests earlier this year, Acero Charter Schools educators voted to authorize a potentially groundbreaking strike.
    By Sarah Jones
  24. politics
    Walkouts Led to Big Wins for Red-State Teachers. Why Are They Still Struggling?Despite winning raises in Arizona, Oklahoma, and West Virginia, teachers are still being squeezed — and they’re willing to fight for more.
    By Sarah Jones
  25. in my experience
    I’m a Teacher in a Red State. The Teachers’ Strike Turned My Ballot Blue.I was a lifelong Republican. After seeing how little “trickled down” to my classroom and joining the Oklahoma walkout, I started voting for Democrats.
    By Emily Ozment As told to Sarah Jones
  26. Red-State Teacher Unrest Just Keeps SpreadingThe wave of protests and strikes isn’t just about pay, but about GOP tax-cut-driven starvation of education spending.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. lgbtq rights
    This Teacher Was Suspended for Discussing Her Sexual Orientation in ClassHer attorney said that she just referred to her wife in front of students.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  28. gun control
    This Lawmaker Is Against Arming Teachers Because They’re ‘Ladies’“We don’t need to have a lady teacher in a school that’s got a firearm.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  29. power
    The Uprising of Women in Red States Is Just BeginningFrom the teachers’ strikes in West Virginia to Oklahoma and beyond, working-class women have always known what it takes to fight back.
    By Sarah Smarsh
  30. Kentucky Teachers Fighting Pension CutsKentucky Republicans are trying to cut teacher pension benefits to fund what’s left. Teachers are fighting this change, and at the moment, winning.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Seth Meyers Takes “A Closer Look” at the West Virginia Teachers’ StrikeThere’s a lot happening in the news right now, but thankfully, during last night’s Late Night Seth Meyers devoted some time to an important […]
    By Megh Wright
  32. arm me with
    This Is How Teachers Want to Be ArmedAccording to the new social-media movement among educators, “#ArmMeWith.”
    By Katie Van Syckle
  33. stoneman shooting
    What It’s Like Being a Teacher During a School ShootingTwo Sandy Hook teachers look back on how they survived, and what came after.
    By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  34. stoneman shooting
    These Are the Heroes of the Florida School ShootingThe teachers, janitors, and coaches who saved students during the Wednesday shooting.
    By Lisa Ryan
  35. An Actual Bad Teacher Explains Why ‘Bad Teacher’ Is the Truest Teaching […]Though it pulled in over $200 million on a $20 million budget, Jake Kasdan’s raunchy 2011 comedy Bad Teacher is nobody’s idea of a masterpiece. […]
    By Joe Blevins
  36. offensive things
    Texas Middle-School Teachers Give Girl ‘Most Likely to Become a Terrorist’ AwardOnly one day after the Manchester terrorist attack.
    By Lisa Ryan
  37. Meeting One of Andy Kaufman’s Earliest MentorsA beloved teacher of Andy’s whose role, however small, seems significant, and whose encouragement helped to set him on a path to his artistic destiny.
    By Dan Pasternack
  38. How ‘Teachers’ Finds the Fun in a Sometimes Thankless Job Watch out, the Katydids are on the scene. Six improvisors from Chicago, all with names derived from Katherine (Caitlin Barlow, Katy Colloton, […]
    By Sydney Parker
  39. look book
    The History Teacher Who Sings About the Election With His Students“I grabbed a guitar from the music room, put the lyrics on the board, and we began by singing ‘This Land Is Your Land.’ “
    By Alexis Swerdloff
  40. racism
    Bias Against Black Kids Starts With Preschool TeachersThe findings of a new study show how deeply rooted racism may be.
    By Lisa Ryan
  41. select all
    Watching This Teacher Sing to Her Class Is Giving Me Secondhand Embarrassment“Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but I’m your teacher, so listen maybe.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  42. teaching moments
    Teacher Suspended for Teaching Lonely IslandPlease use “nautical-themed pashmina afghan” in a sentence.
    By Halle Kiefer
  43. rest in purple
    A Teen Filmed His Teacher’s Reaction to Prince’s Death and It’s So SadDo teens know who Prince is?
    By Dayna Evans
  44. TV Land Renews The Katydids’ ‘Teachers’ for a Second SeasonTV Land’s freshman comedy Teachers just got renewed for another season. According to TV Line, the network has officially picked up the series […]
    By Megh Wright
  45. With ‘Those Who Can’t’ and ‘Teachers’, Two New Classroom Sitcoms Fall Short The classroom is a sitcom setting that is never utilized as well as it could be. There are countless tween and teen shows that use classrooms […]
    By Pilot Viruet
  46. How The Katydids Turned an Improv Group Into the New Sitcom ‘Teachers’If you’ve had a chance to watch the pilot episode of Teachers, the new comedy coming to TV Land on January 13th, then you know what a treat […]
    By Monique Madrid
  47. Stephen Colbert Is Giving $800,000 to South Carolina Public School TeachersAs if you needed any more proof that Stephen Colbert is an awesome guy with a heart of gold, Daily Kos reports that Colbert has decided to fund […]
    By Megh Wright
  48. bad teacher
    N.J. Teacher Sacked for Mocking Student’s NameOn social media.
    By Katie Zavadski
  49. ‘Key & Peele’ Bosses Ian Roberts and Jay Martel to Showrun Alison Brie’s […]Ian Roberts and Jay Martel, who have been showrunners on Comedy Central’s Key & Peele since the show began, and now they’re looking to do […]
    By Bradford Evans
  50. teachers
    Darren Aronofsky Put His Seventh-Grade Teacher in NoahShe encouraged him to write a poem about Noah.
    By Margaret Lyons
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