Teachers

Key figures in the Atlanta school cheating scandal admit to the practice, but did we learn anything about incentives?

One charter school in Manhattan is banking on high teacher salaries leading to higher student achievement.

There are 7.3 million teachers in America -- among them are countless substitute teachers who haven't always been portrayed in the best light, but what subs do in their day-to-day work life is a lot more than most of us realize.

The program is an effort to give low-income students access to after-school-type activities.

After losing her job teaching at a high school in the county jail, Donielle Lawson wants to stay in education.

Eduardo de Varona retired early from teaching, after 21 years. He says he was "fed up."

States across the country are trying to make it easier to fire ineffective teachers by changing the tenure process. But some people are still wondering... what does K-12 tenure mean?

The seven days that schools were closed in Chicago felt more like an eternity to parents who had to find childcare during the teacher strike. Kai checks in with Sheila Coleman, whose 12-year-old daughter was actually happy to return to school Wednesday.

It's back to school today in Chicago. In the next couple of weeks, teachers will vote on the tentative contract deal reached between the union, and negotiators for the school district and Mayor Rahm Emmanuel.