Report: America’s Teachers on Teaching in an Era of Change

Primary Sources: America’s Teachers on Teaching in an Era of Change, a new report from Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shares the views more than 20,000 public school teachers and reveals teachers’ expert views on some of the biggest rewards and challenges of the teaching profession.

The second-most cited significant challenge reported by teachers is a lack of time to collaborate with peers (51%). The Primary Sources “Teaching and Technology” infographic illustrates this key data, including:

• The percent of teachers who turn to social media and ed-focused websites for professional purposes
• how teachers use websites to collaborate
• which teachers are most likely to do so
• which websites teachers use