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How a school teacher raised $1M for educators around the U.S. — with help from Khloe Kardashian, Lance Bass and Kamala Harris
Courtney Jones, founder of ClearTheList Foundation, wants all teachers to have financial support this back-to-school season.
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Coronavirus school closures push out student teachers. Will US teacher shortage get worse?
Coronavirus closed schools just as student teachers were set to finish their in-classroom training. Will they be able to apply for teaching jobs?
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Black, Latino teachers call for change amid teacher turnover problem: 'Acknowledge us'
As a follow-up to Yahoo’s Sept. 28 piece on the challenges black educators face in the classroom and as a new Education Trust report is released, Yahoo Lifestyle reached out to black and Latino educators to see if they could offer solutions.
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'Being a teacher doesn't pay the bills': Here's the starting salary of educators in each state
Sixty-three percent of public school districts still offer a starting salary below $40,000, according to the National Education Association. “How can we recruit and retain quality teachers ... if we don’t pay them what they’re worth?” asks the organization's president.
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Busy Philipps is helping to crowdfund school supplies: 'Our government has failed our kids and our teachers’
Actress and activist Busy Philipps is helping secure school supplies for teachers across the country by posting to her nearly 2-million follower Instagram. "I feel a great deal of responsibility for trying to figure out ways to ease the burden on those around me," she says.
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Why some school districts are banning teachers from crowdfunding to pay for classroom supplies
As crowdfunding becomes a popular way for teachers to get the missing classroom supplies they need, some districts are banning the practice altogether.
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Depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts: How teachers’ stress affects their mental health
In interviews with Yahoo Lifestyle, more than a dozen teachers across the U.S. discussed how increasing demands of teaching have negatively affected their mental health — causing insomnia, depression, anxiety and panic attacks.
