You’ve seen the headlines: “Teacher Injured After Student Attack.” “Educator Resigns After Classroom Incident.” But what you don’t see—what rarely makes the front page—are the invisible wounds teachers carry long after the incident is over. Behind every viral video or short news clip, there are untold stories of anxiety, depression, insomnia, PTSD, and emotional isolation. These wounds don’t show...
When a beloved teacher leaves the classroom, the ripple effects are immediate—and long-lasting. Students lose a mentor. Schools lose stability. Communities lose a trusted leader. But what most people don’t see is just how costly this loss truly is—not just emotionally, but educationally, socially, and economically. Each time an educator walks away due to violence, burnout, or lack of support, we...
Walk into almost any American high school and you’ll see it: brand-new turf fields, gleaming gymnasiums, team buses with tinted windows, and trophy cases lined with spotlights. School sports are celebrated, protected, and funded like the pride of the community. And yet, just down the hall, a teacher may be buying their own classroom supplies and submitting a third report about a violent incident...
Not all classrooms are created equal. While violence against teachers is a national issue, where you teach in America can drastically increase—or decrease—your risk of facing aggression. Recent data reveals alarming geographic trends, showing clusters of teacher-targeted violence concentrated in specific regions. By mapping this crisis, we gain critical insights into the conditions that foster...
