Not only is teacher pay losing ground compared to other professions (see The Teaching Penalty) teacher pay in the U.S. lags far behind other industrialized countries. Today’s Snapshot by EPI economist Joydeep Roy illustrates the pay gap by comparing starting salaries for teachers as a percent of per capita GDP in the U.S. and nine other industrialized countries.

A Swedish Radio news survey concludes that half of Swedish local governments provide no mother-tongue education for immigrant and refugee youngsters - because of the lack of teachers.

It was the time of the Beatles, the Mavis Bramston Show, the EH Holden and prime minister Robert Menzies.

Children from low-income families in the United States do not have the same access to qualified teachers as do wealthier students, according to a University of Missouri study. Compared to 46 countries, the United States had the fourth largest opportunity gap, the difference between students of high and low socioeconomic status in their access to qualified teachers.

A British teacher jailed in Sudan for letting her pupils name a teddy bear Mohammad arrived in London on Tuesday after being pardoned and said she had been well treated in prison and was sorry to leave the country.

Police in Amery, Wisconsin say that they have arrested a former teacher's aide that used to work for Amery School District, charged with having sex with one of her 16 year old students. Brenda K. Baillargeon, if found guilty, will face more than six years in prison and a possible fine of not more than $10,000.

Teacher shortages and requirements associated with the No Child Left Behind Act combine to make experienced teachers valuable assets. However, despite their high demand, an increasing number of seasoned educators are retiring. Economic researchers have found the structure of many teacher pension plans is the primary reason that many elect to retire.

Today, General Motors and Weekly Reader are releasing a new classroom curriculum, “The Energy Highway – Solutions Ahead,” that teachers can use to help students understand the energy challenges facing society today, as well as some of the existing and future alternatives that may help alleviate these issues.

A good reception year teacher makes the biggest and longest-lasting difference to primary school education, an assessment of over 70,000 children from Durham University’s Curriculum, Evaluation and Management (CEM) Centre reveals.

As teachers prepare for the new school year -- buying school supplies, picking out wall posters and combing through textbooks to create lesson plans -- there is one more item they can add to their back-to-school list: Thinkfinity.org.

Teacher performance pay is a frequently discussed and controversial topic among kindergarten through 12th-grade educators. Recent findings by economics professors at the University of Missouri-Columbia and Vanderbilt University suggest that states and school districts in the United States begin developing programs that examine the effects of linking teacher pay to student achievement.

Local teachers and careers staff can find out about vocationally-focused higher education on offer in the region, in an event organised by the University of Bath in Swindon on Thursday 13 September.