The potential absence of so many teachers will cause some schools to make adjustments, such as have students eat in their classrooms.

Hennepin school district have reached a tentative contract agreement averting a strike that was to have begun on Thursday, Jan. 8. The announcement came about 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, after a 20-hour mediation session.

School workers can alert parents if their child has questions about gender, but officials can't order staff to alert parents. It's a confusing new legal landscape.

Holding handmade signs with pleas for more funding and support, groups of educators and their supporters gathered at intersections in Wake County on Wednesday.

The National Education Association said that the average teacher salary in NC is about $14,000 less than the national average, making the state 43rd in the country for teacher pay.

The teachers are pointing out that North Carolina is ranked low in areas such as teacher pay and state funding for public schools.

Teachers in Northern Ireland have been offered a pay rise of 4% for 2025/26, backdated to 1 September 2025. The offer has come from the teaching employers, including the Department of Education (DE). Teaching unions have welcomed the pay offer, and said it was "the maximum possible in the current financial circumstances."

The 17 school districts with the highest teacher salaries all have median pay in the six figures. Median means half the teachers in the district earn more and half earn less.