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High school teacher Rebecka Peterson recognizes that it's rare for students to be taught by a biracial, bilingual female in mathematics.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters addressed a packed room of lawmakers for two and half hours Monday about his policy proposals and rhetoric — and things got heated.

Oklahoma Republicans blocked many of the proposals teachers rallied for in 2018. Now, amid record-breaking teacher shortages, the state's GOP is backing a slew of pro-labor bills.

The agreement would increase wages by 30% for workers who are paid an average of $25,000 a year, SEIU Local 99 said. The contract still needs approval from the school district's Board of Education.

Set in Philadelphia, the award-winning sitcom finds humor in the struggles of teaching in an under-resourced school district. Real-life Philly teachers tell NPR there's truth in every joke.

Even though funding measures advocated for by 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout participants were stymied largely by Republican lawmakers, Oklahoma’s GOP is now authoring record-level education funding measures that include teacher raises, along with a slew of labor rights bills for educators. But the funding bills are far from a done deal — in fact, due to a disagreement in how those bills should operate, there could be no deal at all.

There are more teachers now than before the pandemic, so why did almost half of U.S. schools still have teacher vacancies weeks into this school year? Here's what to know.

Limited national data suggest teachers are plentiful, but many districts that serve some of the most vulnerable students would beg to differ.

Oklahoma Senate Republicans unveiled their plan to attract and keep teachers, and Senate Bill 364 is getting a lot of attention — it would mandate 12 weeks of paid maternity leave for full-time school employees. Teacher moms around the state shared their stories with StateImpact.

Summer Boismier was an Oklahoma high school English teacher who gave her students a QR code that led to the Brooklyn Public Library's page on banned books. Controversy ensued, leading her to quit her job ultimately.