In the immediate days following Sept. 11, 2001, Joy Faini Saab went from being the professor in front of the classroom — to the mom in front ...

When students lack motivation, refuse to do their work, or struggle with mental health challenges, teachers often must play ...

In 2021, a Tennessee high school teacher named Matthew Hawn was fired after assigning readings about white privilege and discussing race in his class—topics some parents said violated the state’s new ...

We all have our favorite teachers. We all have teachers whose guts we hated. And then, regardless of our own stance, many of us have teachers who we simply respected—like, dislike, it didn’t matter.

A new Monash University study has analyzed the association between positive teacher-student relationships and well-being in middle and secondary school teachers. Published in Educational Psychology ...

Teachers supervising students in school-sponsored work sites tend to prioritize emotional and social well-being in the workplace, according to research from Rutgers Health. The study, published in ...

I spoke in January 2026 with 150 high school students about career options. After explaining my own career as a professor of education, health and behavior, I asked the students a simple question: ...