Educators can literally change the world.

They can propel wide-eyed students eager to learn and shape them into the best versions of themselves.

But teaching also can be taxing and exhausting.

Nationwide, 82% of public school teachers say education has declined over the past five years and only one-third are satisfied with their jobs, a 2024 Pew Research Center survey found.

College faculty aren’t faring much better. The National Education Association reported in 2023 that nearly 40% of professors feel emotionally exhausted, with similar rates of burnout.

In Western Pennsylvania, however, three educational institutions landed in the Top Workplaces of 2025: Portage Learning, Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School and the Yough School District.

The schools’ leaders say they share three

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