Kindergarten teacher always improving

Pat Johnson decided to become a teacher late in her senior year of college. Although that decision meant an extra year of schooling, she’s happy she made it.Johnson, a kindergarten teacher at Bradford Schools, just started her 39th year of teaching.

How to fix an evaluation system that one L.A. teacher calls 'a joke'

Steve Franklin agrees that teachers should be judged in part on how their students do on standardized tests and in part on peer review. Steve Franklin, a middle school teacher in L.A. Unified, had some issues with the Times series on teacher evaluations, so he fired off a letter to the editor. It read, in part:

Board To Decide How To Spend Teacher Funds

The Clark County School Board is expected to decide Thursday how to spend $54 million received through the federal education jobs bill.

Teacher's Day: 'He taught straight from the heart'

In the week leading up to Teacher's Day on September 5, we bring you readers' stories about their favourite, most inspirational teachers.

First-day tears become less common

Melissa Vovaris remembers how excited she was to start kindergarten.  read more »