Teachers are called many things: educators, mentors, instructors, and sometimes the accidental mom. No matter what they are called, we can all agree that they truly have a gift of influencing lives ...

Inspire: To fill with enlivening or exalting emotion; stimulate to action; motivate. To affect or touch. To breathe life into. The longer I teach, the more important it is for me to see that my ...

Mo Rocca meets a Broadway musical legend who helps honor classroom legends: "Oscar Hammerstein was a teacher of mine; I was 11, 12 years old. He sort of stabilized me by teaching me what I wanted to ...

The note welcomed 4th-graders to their new school year. — -- A teacher wanted to welcome her students to a new school year in a special way. So the educator in Queensland, Australia, crafted a ...

Teachers have an essential role in our lives. Not only do they teach, they also inspire and challenge us by showing what we're capable of. And they guide us in the right direction. Great teachers are ...

In need of some teaching inspiration? You might find it on the road this summer. Education Week has teamed up with Roadtrip Nation, a nonprofit that’s sending a group of teachers across the country in ...

Candace Leyton was not just one to educate; she was one to inspire. Chris Shumway, her former student who was a UVA undergrad and Harvard Grad student, wanted to honor a teacher who made him "feel ...

WOODBURY, N.J. – For a classroom of New Jersey elementary school students looking for inspiration before a big test this week, the writing wasn't on the wall. It was on their desks. A Woodbury teacher ...