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My Mentor

Arts, Culture & Media

Alec Wilkinson was just a young guy when he decided that he could become a writer and maybe get rich. He found the perfect teacher. After a career editing John Updike and Vladimir Nabokov, William Maxwell took this clueless kid under his wing. Wilkinson is now a writer for the New Yorker himself, and he […]

Soaring

Arts, Culture & Media

High School Reunion

Arts, Culture & Media
High school teacher Mr. Sedlacek 1970

High school reunion

Arts
A Malaysian school boy walks past a street mural depicting a school bus and students.

A teacher told non-Muslim students in Malaysia to drink their own urine. The school was firebombed.

Belief
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Mexico City Teachers Take to the Streets to Protest Education Reforms

Conflict & Justice

For more than two weeks, demonstrations by teachers have caused traffic chaos across Mexico. They’re protesting a new law requiring performance evaluations for teachers. Supporters see the law as an attempt to break the power of labor unions.

An experiment in teacher pay

Business, Economics and Jobs

A charter school in New York will pay a salary of $125,000 to teachers, to find out if better pay means a better education.

Why Teach for America works

Twenty years after the program started, Teach for America is still producing teachers. The program could hold clues into how to improve the US education system in general.

How Many Teachers (and Toilets) is Enough?

School Year Blog: How Many Teachers (and Toilets) is Enough?

Development & Education

Many South African schools lack teachers, libraries, and even toilets — but aren’t being held accountable. A group of students and teachers is trying to change that.

What Makes a Phenomenal Teacher?

A truly great teacher can be unforgettable. But according to a recent report released by the National Council on Teacher Quality, U.S. education programs are not preparing teachers for the classroom. The data shows that fewer than one in nine programs for future elementary teachers actually properly prepare teachers to educate their students. The study’s […]

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