Ashlie Crosson CCSSO 2025 National Teacher of the Year Ashlie Crosson is the 2025 National Teacher of the Year. She teaches English and AP Language …
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How This District Works to Attract and Retain Hard-to-Find CTE Instructors
Omar Muñoz trained as a chemical engineer and worked for almost 30 years as an industry executive, most recently in management at Intel Corporation here. …
Inside One State’s Bold Plan to Keep Special Education Teachers
Special education has grappled with chronic staff shortages for decades. But efforts to support and retain new teachers can shortchange the specialized needs of educators …
7 Things Teachers Say Would Make Them Stay on the Job
Teacher shortages are an ongoing problem, and they get a lot of media attention. What tends to fly under the radar are the reasons why. …
Custodians Are the ‘Glue’ of School Buildings. How Districts Can Keep Them
Students wouldn’t be able to thrive if the cafeteria, hallways, bathrooms, and classrooms weren’t clean enough to learn and work. The role of custodians is …
How to Stop Hemorrhaging Teachers From the Profession (Opinion)
Today’s post is the latest in a series sharing ideas on how school districts—and schools—can better retain teachers. ‘Building Community’ Jen Mott, Ed.D., is a …
How U.S. Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Stacks Up Against Their Global Peers’
Young teachers in the United States are among the most likely in industrialized countries to leave the profession, according to the world’s largest survey of …
How to Make Teachers Want to Stay at Your School (Opinion)
As a high school English teacher for more than three decades, I always wanted students to be engaged. I didn’t want them to check out. …
Inside the Superintendent Hiring Process, and Where It Can Go Wrong
What started as a typical school year for Iowa’s largest school district quickly unraveled when federal immigration officials arrested Ian Roberts, superintendent of the Des …
These Maps Reveal Gaps in Special Education, English-Learner Teacher Supply
Districts nationwide continue to struggle to recruit and retain enough teachers to support the steadily growing populations of students with disabilities and English learners, a …