A special needs prom doesn't have to be a separate event. In this account from the 2020-21 school year, a special education teacher describes a student with profound disabilities leading his school's Grand March, and the planning her team did to make that night work for him. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured ...

Moving to a new state as a teacher comes down to eight honest questions: distance from family, your real reason for going, lifestyle fit, what you're trading for the paycheck, what you know about the school, retirement and license reciprocity, real cost of living, and what your gut says. Answer ...

Dealing with difficult people as a teacher, whether it's a colleague, a parent, or an administrator, comes down to a few repeatable moves: stay out of the argument, limit your exposure, redirect the conversation, and name the behavior honestly. None of these require the other person to change. They only ...

Teacher self-care means protecting your own time, energy, and relationships with the same seriousness you protect a student's IEP meeting. It isn't a spa day. RAND's 2026 survey found 55% of K-12 teachers report frequent job-related stress against 34% of comparable working adults, so the depletion is real and it ...

Is remote learning here to stay in public education? Yes, though as an option rather than the default. Virtual public school enrollment has held steady or grown in states like Georgia, Texas, and Michigan through the mid-2020s. Many districts continue to offer some form of remote learning years after the ...

Teaching is a calling for many educators, but the phrase describes a personal relationship to the work, not a job description. A calling is why you stay through a hard year. A profession is what you’re owed for the work: pay, training, and respect. Both can be true at once. Featured ...

Behavior management training for teachers varies by teacher-preparation program, by state requirements, and by the professional development an employer provides. It tends to arrive in a few recognizable forms: PBIS framework training, crisis prevention and de-escalation training, classroom management programs, and functional behavioral assessment work. What you get depends on ...

The best podcast episodes for educators aren't always from education podcasts. Written ahead of the 2020-21 school year, this collection gathers ten episodes plus two bonus picks from shows like Invisibilia, The Moth, and 99% Invisible, chosen by a school leader for what they teach about respect, grief, and honest ...

How Integrating a Means of Communication Can Benefit Social and Academic Development for Special Needs Students   Within the next few weeks, students are expected to return to classrooms across America. With the Covid-19 pandemic leaving everybody scrambling for remote learning and teaching solutions just as the school year was coming to ...

Ask why education is slow to change and much of the answer is structural. Bureaucratic rules reward compliance, accountability pressure raises the cost of a failed experiment, and leaders often move on before reforms mature. Structural barriers can play a major role, alongside individual attitudes and habits. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured ...