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President Trump welcomed and honored the 2018 National Teacher of the Year award recipient, Mandy Manning, to the White House. Ms. Manning is an English and math teacher in Washington state.

Telephone lines and social media were open to take viewer comments on the teacher protests happening across the United States. The protests began in Oklahoma this past week when teachers…

The Oklahoman investigative reporter Ben Felder discussed the latest on teacher walkouts in Oklahoma. The protests began the previous week when teachers there went on strike to secure more…

Frederick Hess and Michael Hansen talked about education policy and the recent teacher walkouts in Kentucky and Oklahoma.

Lexington Herald-Leader political reporter Daniel Desrochers discussed the latest on the teacher walkouts in Kentucky. Teacher protests began in Oklahoma this past week when teachers there…

Telephone lines and social media were open to take viewer comments on the teacher protests happening across the United States. The protests began in Oklahoma this past week when teachers…

Education Week reporter Madeline Will talked about her recent piece examining teacher pay, pensions, and benefits.

Jake Zuckerman spoke via Skype about the teacher strike in West Virginia.

President Trump honored the 2017 National Teacher of the Year, Syndey Chaffee of Dorchester, Massachusetts, in the White House Oval Office. Ms. Chaffee is a 9th grade humanities teacher at…

President Obama honored the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, Jahana Hayes of Connecticut. State Teachers of the Year and Education Secretary John King were in attendance.

Lily Eskelsen Garcia, the president of the largest teachers union, talked about major education issues including the re-authorization of the No Child Left Behind law, testing and…

Panelists discussed the issues of school discipline for bullies and what teachers should do when they observe bullying. “Supportive School Discipline” was the fifth and closing plenary session of the…

Steve Perry delivered an address on the power of social workers to effect change and improve lives in minority and impoverished communities. Topics included improving the interactions between social…

President Obama spoke to reporters before a luncheon meeting with some teachers at the White House to discuss the administration’s education priorities. The “Excellent Educators for All…

Education Secretary Arne Duncan opened the White House daily briefing to talk about the Obama administration’s “Excellent Educators for All Initiative.” Afterward, Josh Earnest briefed reporters and…

President Obama spoke at the National Teacher of the Year ceremony for 2013 winner Jeff Charbonneau, a high school science teacher from Washington State, and all the State Teachers of the…

In his book, actor Tony Danza recounts the year he spent teaching 10th grade English in Philadelphia’s largest high school. The author, who before becoming an actor had wanted to be a…

Joe Williams and Terry Moe argued the future of teachers unions. Mr. Moe said that because of their power teachers unions hinder lawmakers efforts to reform the educational system and that…

Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, talked about the strike by public school teachers in Chicago and similar problems facing other cities. Topics included the strained…

Stephen Sawchuck discussed the strike of public school teachers in Chicago. He talked about the agreement in principle that had been reached in Chicago that would allow schools to restart…