r/Teachers is a subreddit with 2.4M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses job search, tool, struggling, gift, and bag, and they frequently recommend/review fidgets, curriculum, and dress pants.
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Popular Themes in r/Teachers
#1
Advice Requests
: "Help with unconventional bullying"
6 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "My school still does a "Pow Wow" where kids dress up as Native Americans. Is this as wildly inappropriate as I think it is?"
3 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "How can I teach elementary students about simple circuits without physical components?"
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Printed e-gift cards for daycare teachers — weird? And are $25 for Thanksgiving / $50 for Christmas okay in NJ?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Teachers
#1
Job Search
9 posts
#2
Tool
8 posts
#3
Struggling
4 posts
#4
Gift
3 posts
#5
Bag
3 posts
#6
Frustrated
3 posts
#7
App
2 posts
#8
Quiz App
2 posts
#9
Career Change
2 posts
#10
Annoying
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/Teachers
Fidgets
23 reviews
#1
Various Fidgets
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
3D Printed Infinity Cubes
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Pony Beads
5.0★ from 1 review
Curriculum
19 reviews
#1
Illustrative Mathematics
3.8★ from 5 reviews
#2
Big Ideas Math
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Spectrum
4.0★ from 1 review
Dress Pants
19 reviews
#1
Lululemon
4.8★ from 5 reviews
#2
Goodthreads
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Haggar
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/Teachers
#1
Teacher Support &/or Advice
: "My students have started using a disorder I have as an insult"
35 posts
#2
Rant
: "There’s too many adults in my classroom…"
12 posts
#3
Student or Parent
: "A student I connected with and supported for a year is getting moved to virtual learning for fighting"
5 posts
#4
Career & Interview Advice
: "What to do when no one is hiring?"
5 posts
#5
New Teacher
: "I can't teach what my Boss told me to teach"
4 posts
#6
Pedagogy & Best Practices
: "Sold a Story Season 2: Direct Instruction Podcast!"
4 posts
#7
Student Teacher Support &/or Advice
: "I don’t know how to do this"
4 posts
#8
SUCCESS!
: "Today is just a really really good day."
3 posts
#9
Policy & Politics
: "I really wish I was a government teacher tomorrow morning, these 2026 midterm elections will probably be historic."
2 posts
#10
Curriculum
: "Why are more and more schools moving to the “block schedule” format?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/Teachers
Yearly
+235k members(10.6%)
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Last updated: November 4, 2026