Teacher Sustainability

STEM teacher retention is essential to student success but must mean more than just keeping teachers in the classroom. The Knowles Teacher Initiative has found that building communities of teacher leaders is a powerful strategy for sustaining early-career educators. Read the whole article in Sage Journals.

Rosalie Shyu explores how two deaths helped her to teach to benefit her students and herself.

Reading teachers’ stories is inspiring. The Spring 2026 issue of Kaleidoscope gives you ideas to implement and reconnect you to your passion for teaching.

In a twist on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Matthew Dudak and Justin Ragland provide a framework for teachers’ needs and the support required to engage in meaningful professional growth and improvement.

This blog series explores the real challenges and unexpected rewards of mentoring new teachers. Through personal stories, it highlights how mentoring fosters growth, reflection, and equity in education. Whether you’re considering becoming a mentor or already mentoring, these reflections offer honest insights into what the work truly involves—and why it matters.