SAN MATEO, Calif. — School had been in session at Lead Elementary for less than an hour, but already Andrea Quinn had paused ...

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 ...

Nationally, schools lose between $1 billion and $2.2 billion in attrition costs each year through teachers moving or leaving the profession, according to new research from the Alliance for Excellent ...

One of my students gave me a special gift — a blank journal with the cover title: “I’m a MATH TEACHER. Of Course I Have PROBLEMS.” It’s true that I happen to have many problems. In the space allotted ...

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.

One of the problems with public education in Rhode Island is the absurdly high number of teacher absences. To no one’s surprise, studies show students learn less when their instruction is disrupted.

Education leaders are trying different approaches to curb what elementary teachers say is a trend of increasingly severe behavior problems in their classrooms.