Teachers are called many things: educators, mentors, instructors, and sometimes the accidental mom. No matter what they are called, we can all agree that they truly have a gift of influencing lives ...

The note welcomed 4th-graders to their new school year. — -- A teacher wanted to welcome her students to a new school year in a special way. So the educator in Queensland, Australia, crafted a ...

Mo Rocca meets a Broadway musical legend who helps honor classroom legends: "Oscar Hammerstein was a teacher of mine; I was 11, 12 years old. He sort of stabilized me by teaching me what I wanted to ...

NEW GARDEN-A sixth-grade science teacher at Kennett Middle School has authored a book she hopes will inspire teachers to come to school better motivated and prepared. Called “Sharing Mindsets: Where ...

At the door of a high school cafeteria, a silver-haired former teacher with a slight smirk and bright blue eyes shared hugs and handshakes with former students. Four generations of them. “Tell me- ...

In September 1963, my sister Pamela and I walked into our first Russian language class at Scranton Central High School. The teacher was a 25-year-old with a blonde crew cut and white socks. We were ...

I enjoyed Ronnie Reese’s obituary on James Connelly, “Teacher and track coach at St. Ignatius College Prep” (Obituaries, Sept. 20), who taught history and math at St. Ignatius for over 40 years. I had ...

As a teacher of some of the toughest kids in our public schools, I worked hard to identify their assets and to leverage those assets so these kids could be successful students in school and in life.

First-year U.S. history teacher Luisana Regidor recently told NPR that other teachers warned her that starting out could be rough. In September, she was full of ideas and energy. Later in the semester ...