When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Whether educators would recommend the teaching field to newcomers is more than just a reflection of their own satisfaction with the job; it’s also a question that can have serious implications for the ...

At a recent dinner party, surrounded by lawyers, engineers, and data scientists, I heard myself say that “I’m just a teacher.” I said it with embarrassment, knowing I was in a room full of people who ...

There’s trouble in the profession. Public school teachers are stressed out by their work. They have a gloomy outlook on the problems students face and a dim view of K-12 education’s future. These and ...

School custodian Jenna Gros is teaching a group of fourth-graders how to convert fractions to decimals. "How would you write 6/100 in decimal form?" she asks, and then waits patiently for them to come ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark C. Perna is a generational expert who covers education & careers. Would you counsel a young person you cared about to choose ...

The L.A. teachers union is pushing a platform heavy on progressive priorities while seeking a big pay raise. Their union agenda is at odd with key Trump administration policies that target diversity ...

A professor is a postsecondary educator at the college or university level, who may hold a PhD (or EdD in schools and colleges of education) in a specialized academic field and whose teaching and ...

Most teachers expect the occasional frustrated email from a parent. It comes with the job, and most concerns can be resolved ...