teachers

Wisconsin teachers have been losing buying power over the past dozen years.

People looking to become special education teachers in Milwaukee Public Schools have a new pathway to do so, and it comes with a living stipend and free tuition.

In an average year, about one in 10 Wisconsin teachers leaves for a different school district or different job. That number shot up last school year — to about one in six teachers leaving their classrooms.

More than half of U.S. teachers intend to leave the profession sooner than they had planned. The reasons are many and as diverse as teachers are themselves. A new special by Milwaukee PBS, “Teachers in Crisis” is exploring these issues, through firsthand accounts from local teachers.

A Milwaukee literacy program that teaches kids to read and encourages men of color to teach is receiving $1 million.

Nationwide, surveys of teachers have shown that more are thinking about retiring or quitting after this disrupted school year.

During the pandemic, educators have been forced to tackle a new challenge: teaching in-person and virtual students at the same time.

The assignment came to light in February when a parent complained. The parent asked for the lesson to be taken down due to its “inappropriate and sensitive nature," but the teacher refused.

Students in Wisconsin K-12 schools are rapidly becoming more diverse. But their teachers are not. Ninety-five percent of Wisconsin teachers are white, compared to about 70% of students.

Protests sparked by police killings of Black people are drawing attention to the United States' persistent racial disparities. Those disparities are also…