Two Innovative Teachers
Constructivist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy is a master of many media and explores the mystique of the machine. Josef Albers teaches students how to think like engineers.
Teachers Redefine Education
Teachers have successfully reinvented education at New York's Urban Academy. That, of course, is what good teachers always do: respond to
Teachers' Unions
With schools being run like a factory, its workers look to unions. Margaret Haley is a principal leader in Chicago's teachers' union in the
Teacher's Calling
Perceptions of women teaching as a career and as disciplinarians differ. Young teachers spark the imaginations of their students, as Lily Tomlin
Strength in Teachers
In the 1960s NYC teachers strike for the right to unionize. Some teachers and the public are skeptical of unions. Today's push is to make
Workload of Teachers
Hollywood erroneously portrays working conditions for teachers. Teaching is an isolated occupation. Monotony and the emotional pull of the students
Crusade to Educate Teachers
Catherine Beecher pursues a career in educating women for teaching. Massachusetts opens the first Normal School for teacher training in 1839. Reform
African American Teachers
inequities in teachers' salaries for black teachers.
Teachers' Salaries
Low pay still plagues the profession. Author Frank McCourt says that many teachers take second jobs. Teachers make 25 percent less than other