Teachers are reeling after the presidential election results, anticipating the implications of a second Trump presidency.

Educators perceive that student engagement and behavior are declining.

Teachers describe students arriving in their class with fewer grade-level skills than in previous years, and they attribute this to testing and boxed curriculum.

Teachers perceive an imbalance between the critical need to differentiate student learning and the lack of support built into provided curricula.

Educators examine and discuss their relationship with mandated, or “boxed,” curriculum.

Heading toward the presidential election, teachers experienced heightened political pressure piled onto their own stress about the election’s outcome.

This year, teachers feel especially burdened by large class sizes.

Educators balance their desire for meaningful professional learning with long-held frustration around traditional “PD” models.

Interview Case Study: Why teachers adapt or disregard provided curriculum

There’s a movement in education pushing for cell phone bans in classrooms.