Thesaurus results for EDUCATORS

educators

noun

plural of educator

as in teachers

a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school decided at a fairly young age that there is no more rewarding career than that of an educator

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Recent Examples of educators Saunders was there for one season, succeeding Mike Hancock, who resigned while citing anxiety, grief and depression in the wake of a 2024 school shooting that left two students and two educators dead. — Caitlyn Stroh-Page, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Early-childhood educators earn a national median near $27,000. — Nathan Bruschi, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026 But convincing educators to budget this much time into the school day is a challenge. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026 Levi Fuller, the TEA's first inspector general for educator misconduct, previously told CBS News Texas that the goal is to move investigations more quickly and keep educators accused of serious misconduct out of classrooms while cases are reviewed. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 In West Virginia and Alaska, educators’ unions formally backed legislation requiring CPR education, while efforts in Washington and Illinois advanced in memory of students lost to cardiac arrest. — Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026 The company’s Club for the Future nonprofit has reached nearly 700,000 Florida students and 65,000 educators since 2019. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 The short has also attracted interest from educators, veterans’ organisations (RAF Benevolent Fund), and community groups, many of whom have requested screenings and discussions. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 The Bend Education Association, which represents approximately 1,000 educators in Bend-La Pine Schools, including at Silver Rail Elementary School, emphasized the need for privacy of their community in a statement. — Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

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To protect the rights of immigrant children, teachers must clearly inhabit their role as the reliable adult.

— Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
Through that partnership, UWG will work with the department and the center to develop an apprenticeship model that provides credit for prior learning and expands mentoring and support for new teachers.

— Eric Stirgus, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of teachers

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Our workforce model still depends on real instructors, mentors, employers, educational institutions and community partners.

— Maria Trochimezuk, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Since then, numerous instructors have found ways to use a chair for adapted versions of a surprising number of traditional yoga movements, like lunging warrior poses and standing-to-lying sun salutations.

— Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

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