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Teach For America (TFA), a national organization dedicated to confronting educational inequities in the nation, was founded in 1990. To acknowledge the St. Louis chapter’s 20th anniversary, Lyndsey ...

Black male educators made up 1.3% of all K-12 teachers in 2020-2021 school year. When educator Curtis L. Lewis noticed he was the only Black, male teacher in a district of 20 elementary schools, he ...

In America’s most extensive public school system, New York City Public Schools hope to address the disparity between the student body and teaching demographics which shows an alarming disproportion of ...

The teaching profession is one of the most female-dominated in the United States. Among elementary school teachers, 89 percent are women, and in kindergarten, that number is almost 97 percent. Many ...

Twenty years ago, women were hard to find at the head of math classrooms. Now, they are sweeping the awards for excellence in teaching in Loudoun and Fauquier counties. Kimberly Raines, a math teacher ...

Correction: An earlier version of this article attributed a quote from Ivan Douglas to another source. When Johnathon Hines decided to be an educator, teaching a classroom full of 4-year-olds wasn’t ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Although some students have already started summer break or they will be soon, there are still some assignments public school districts may want to complete. The most recent ...

Many trans youth have never met a trans adult in person, so it is hard for them to imagine what their futures hold. Trans teachers are uniquely equipped to act as role models. Our daily presence in ...

The teaching profession is one of the most female-dominated in the United States. Among elementary school teachers, 89 percent are women, and in kindergarten, that number is almost 97 percent. Many ...