Editorial Standards
Last Updated: October 9, 2026
Teacher.org exists to give people an honest, detailed picture of teaching as a career: what the work looks like, what it pays, and what it takes to earn a teaching license in your state. Decisions about school and credentials cost real money and years of your life, so we hold our content to a high standard. This page explains who writes it, how we use AI, where our facts come from, and how we check them.
Who Writes Our Content
Our articles are produced by our editorial staff, a small team of editors and researchers who cover teaching as a career. We use AI tools when drafting and updating articles (see How We Use AI below). Some articles are written by named contributors, and their names appear in the byline. Every article, including every update, is reviewed by a person on our editorial team before it's published. You can read more about our site and team.
Why Our Bylines Say "Teacher.org Editorial Staff"
Our pages are researched, updated and reviewed as a team, and many updates are AI-assisted, so we credit that work to our editorial staff rather than to a single name. The standards on this page apply to every article on the site, whoever worked on it.
Where Our Facts Come From
We rely on primary sources wherever we can:
- Certification and licensing: State departments of education and educator licensing offices.
- Program approval: State-approved educator preparation programs, and CAEP and AAQEP accreditation.
- School and workforce data: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
- Salary and job outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data for kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school teachers. Salary and growth figures on pages we've updated state the period they cover, and we're adding that period to older pages as we update them.
How We Fact-Check
Before an article goes live, a human reviewer checks it against the sources above. That includes every statistic, every licensing or certification requirement, every program detail and every date. When a reviewer finds an error, it gets fixed before publication. If they can't verify a claim, it comes out. Fact-checking is done by people on our editorial team, never by an AI tool, and we credit it to the team rather than to individuals.
We also try to be honest about what the data doesn't say. If BLS projections show slower growth than average, we won't call it a fast-growing field. If wages dipped, we won't suggest they're rising.
How We Use AI
We want to be upfront about this. We use AI tools to help draft and update articles. Requirements, salary data and program details change often, and keeping every page current is a big job.
Here's what that looks like in practice. AI helps us draft new articles, restructure older ones, apply our style and formatting standards, and work new data into a page. It works from a fixed set of approved sources, which are listed above. It isn't allowed to pull salary figures, tuition numbers or accreditation details from memory or from general web searches. If a fact isn't in an approved source, it doesn't go on the page.
AI doesn't have the final say on anything. Every AI-assisted article and update is reviewed and fact-checked by a person before it's published. We never list an AI tool as an author.
Advertising and Independence
Some schools pay to appear in featured or sponsored placements on our site, and those placements are labeled. Some links to schools are tracked, and we may earn a fee when a reader requests information. That never affects which programs we include or what we say about them. Advertising never affects our editorial content. A school can't pay to be included in an article, to be ranked higher, or to change what we say about it.
Updates and Corrections
We review and update our articles regularly, especially pages on requirements that change.
We make mistakes sometimes. When we find one, or a reader points one out, we correct it promptly. If you spot something wrong, please email us at [email protected] and tell us the page and what needs fixing.
A Note on Using This Site
Our content is educational. It isn't legal or financial advice, and it doesn't replace official guidance. Requirements and costs change, so always confirm the current rules with your state's department of education, and check costs with the school before you enroll.