NPR

These teachers often live in poverty. A pay raise could help — but there's a cost

Sitting at a blueberry blue table in a Head Start classroom in Pullman, Mich., about an hour south of Grand Rapids, preschool teacher Julie Beck helps a little girl draw a rainbow with crayons. Nearby ...
Pew Research Center

3. Problems students are facing at public K-12 schools

We asked teachers about how students are doing at their school. Overall, many teachers hold negative views about students’ academic performance and behavior. Teachers in elementary, middle and high ...
Birmingham Mail

Birmingham teacher explains 'hidden signs' of child poverty she spots

A teacher from Birmingham has shared the hidden signs of child poverty she has witnessed during her career. The primary school educator in the Great Barr area has seen dozens of children come and go ...
AOL

Head Start preschools aim to fight poverty, but their teachers struggle to make ends meet

Head Start teachers — 70% of whom have bachelor’s degrees — earn $39,000 a year on average, far less than public school teachers with similar credentials WASHINGTON (AP) — In some ways, Doris Milton ...
MLive

Teacher shortage hits West Michigan’s high-poverty, majority-Black schools the hardest

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - West Michigan isn’t immune to a statewide teacher shortage that’s disproportionately affecting students in high-poverty and majority-Black school districts, according to a new ...