lawmakers in Pennsylvania are seeking to pass a bill that would put a ban on teacher strikes.

the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality have released a new report on teacher satisfaction.

In this data filled report they say that elementary teachers are more satisfied as being a teacher than secondary teachers. Elementary teachers want to make this more of a lifetime career more than secondary teachers.

Over 75% of all teachers say the students are learning. 78% of secondary teachers say they are confident to teach the subject are they are teaching.

Secondary school teachers were more likely to see unmotivated students and were more likely to get lousier administrative support.

High-needs schools though got slightly less support when it came to disciplinary problems and when it came to providing adequate supplies of textbooks. High-need schools say they had way more hard to reach kids.

68% of teachers say they make a reasonable salary.

who are starting book-of-the-month clubs to help promote literacy.

on the Minnesota 2020 think tank that wants to see the state boost mentoring programs in the state for teachers in order to keep more of them in the classroom.

that have been label as “conic failures.” Over 1,000 out of the 9,500 schools in the state have this label and by 2014 all 6,063 schools that serve poor kids will need some restructuring says estimates.

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that this school is picking up the rest of the tab for students in the lunchroom.