Crisis in America's classrooms

Teachers are guest-editing the Guardian to highlight underfunded schools, falling pay and a new wave of activism

By The Guardian

The Guardian
'My classroom has asbestos and bats': a message for Betsy DeVos
Guardian US - US News
On the eve of World Teachers’ Day, the Guardian’s Washington bureau chief David Smith visited the Department of Education to deliver messages from hundreds of teachers who wrote to the Guardian during...
Oct 5, 2018
The Guardian
I'm proud of being a teacher, but I might never be able to afford a home
Guardian US - US News
On World Teachers’ Day, the Guardian and Refinery29 are collaborating to share stories of teachers’ struggles This interview was originally published by Refinery29. In honor of World Teachers’ Day on 5,...
Oct 5, 2018
The Guardian
The disturbing truth about teaching in America – video
Guardian US - Lily Ames, George Shelbourn, Jane Spencer, Pascal Wyse, Tom Silverstone and Laurence Topham
Sep 7, 2018
The Guardian
Billionaires v teachers: the Koch brothers' plan to starve public education
Guardian US - Steven Greenhouse in Phoenix
A small group of women have succeeded in putting a state law promoted by Betsy DeVos and billionaire donors which they see as an attack on public education on the ballot in November Arizona has become...
Sep 7, 2018
The Guardian
The teacher revolt reshaping US politics
Guardian US - Chris McGreal in Ada, Oklahoma
After teacher strikes in the beginning of the year failed to have the desired impact, educators are taking on the Republican party Ronny Johns is an accidental Republican. The Oklahoma school principal...
Sep 7, 2018
The Guardian
The US spends more on education than other countries. Why is it falling behind?
Guardian US - Dominic Rushe
Spending per student exceeds the OECD average but the likes of Finland and South Korea get better results. What are they doing right and what can the US learn from them? America’s schools are in trouble...
Sep 7, 2018
The Guardian
The fight continues: which states will teachers strike in next?
Guardian US - Mike Elk
As a new school year begins, teachers in California, Colorado and Illinois, among other states, are determined to continue the fight for better pay and school funding Last spring, a wave of teachers strikes...
Sep 7, 2018
The Guardian
The comeback kids: how a struggling public school made the grade
Guardian US - Amanda Holpuch in Pike county, Alabama
An Alabama school district is trying to break the cycle of poverty by enrolling students in programs that allow them to eventually graduate with college credits or degrees Soaring 1,000 feet above rural...
Sep 6, 2018
The Guardian
Teacher shortages worsening in majority of US states, study reveals
Guardian US - Sarah Betancourt
Exclusive: Guardian survey shows schools turning to underqualified graduates to put more teachers in the classroom Teacher shortages are worsening across the US for the majority of states, according to...
Sep 6, 2018
The Guardian
The teacher pay gap: how a promising career for women lost its shine
Guardian US - Mona Chalabi US data editor
Average teacher income has fallen since 2000, lagging well behind other college graduates’ pay – but unions make a difference. The sorry state of teacher pay in three charts Teachers’ salaries aren’t stagnating,...
Sep 6, 2018
The Guardian
The day maggots fell from the ceiling: why I quit teaching
Guardian US - Anonymous as told to Kaitlin Menza
I’d read all the books, seen all the documentaries, but I still wasn’t ready for the horrors of America’s schools Teaching is in my blood. My mother is a teacher, and my grandfather was a principal in...
Sep 6, 2018