A 2022 Gallup poll found that 44% of K-12 workers in the U.S. “always” or “very often” feel burned out at work. Teachers had the highest rate of burnout among all school workers at 52%.

What factors play a role in teacher well-being?

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The popularity of alternatives to public school, such as microschools, private learning centers for homeschooled students, actually raises a concern: could they be eclipsed by politics and cultural war clashes?

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Many families that receive government assistance for child care still pay a lot out-of-pocket. A new Biden administration rule will lower those costs and improve payments to day care providers.

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With interest in teaching jobs waning and enrollment in teacher preparation programs reaching historic lows, all eyes are on the next crop of students — tomorrow’s prospective educators — to make up the deficit.

Can the trend be reversed?

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Viridiana Martinez knows that there is a dearth of bilingual teachers in the U.S., and she wants to help fill the gap. More than that, she wants to encourage bilingual students and English language learners the way other teachers did for her.

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Conversations around climate change can feel hopeless and scary. But in the classroom, many teachers are leading their lessons with hope. buff.ly/3WRO6fS

Legislators in Kentucky made a change in Fall 2022 for early childhood educators to become automatically eligible for free child care for their own kids, regardless of household income.

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With digital education platforms generating data on how millions of students are learning, they're also sitting on information gold mines for researchers who are trying to improve education.

But how can students' data be handled responsibly?

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Alternatives to public schools are flourishing. But some advocates worry that the reasons why, which include political opposition to public schools, threaten to spoil the educational value of these alternatives.
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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss school.

Is the same pattern of absenteeism playing out at colleges, too? If so, what’s driving the trend? And what can professors and higher ed leaders do about it?

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Despite the availability of professional development opportunities and social-emotional learning strategies, many programs seem disconnected from the realities faced by Black and Latino students, perpetuating the existing challenges.

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Why is child care so expensive? And what can we do about it?

Rebecca Gale, reporting fellow at Better Life Lab at New America says that federal investment is necessary to make this system work.

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