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 Elizabeth and her team founded this EdTech company to provide children (as well as educators) with the foundational skills to understand, create, and leverage technology. —

Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026 Numerous educators say that the all-important cost-sharing grants are not enough at a time of rising costs. —

Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026 Carrie Anderson, who teaches second grade at Manzanita Community School, said educators are preparing for the possibility of a walkout — even as many would prefer to focus on their classrooms. —

Da Lin, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026 Many of these tents were flooded during storms, yet educators adapted, cleared the rubble, shared the scarce resources under solar lights, and transformed any available space into a classroom. —

Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026 The school in question is a brand-new one, a passion project founded by progressive educators Miss Pirie (Nicholson) and Miss Woods (Dunne), with the intention of providing young women with the well-rounded education largely deemed unnecessary for them by the authorities. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026 Despite the evidence saying AI is killing students’ critical thinking skills, schools have signed contracts with Big Tech companies, allowing the technology to alter the educational landscape and shape what schools expect from students and educators, who have little say on the matter. —

Liz Shulman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026 In Texas, state leaders have talked about possible suspension and expulsion for students, dismissal for educators and state takeovers for school districts. —

Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026 Their requests present a new challenge for administrators and educators who followed national trends toward more digital learning and providing a laptop for every child. —

Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 16 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for educators

Noun

Carvalho emphasized that the cuts for the next academic year do not include classroom teachers and include no class-size increases.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
For them, the ICE walkouts are the most recent flare-up in an intensifying debate over expression in schools, leading to comparisons with the pro-Palestine protests on college campuses and investigations into teachers commenting on Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

— Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026