r/teaching is a subreddit with 191k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking for a, teaching, struggling, teacher, and students, and they frequently recommend/review home printer, office chair, and air purifier.
Popular Themes in r/teaching
#1
Advice Requests
: "Really worried about my wife since starts teaching soon for the first time"
11 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "My state requires 100 hours of PD every 5 years and I just need to complain about it"
8 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "HELP- How To Decorate…this classroom."
4 posts
#4
News
: "Teacher Pay at Risk? Florida’s Anti‑Tax Mood Collides With School Funding Battles"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/teaching
#1
Looking For A
65 posts
#2
Teaching
43 posts
#3
Struggling
32 posts
#4
Teacher
27 posts
#5
Students
13 posts
#6
Hate
13 posts
#7
Job
: "Should I apply to this last minute Job opening?"
10 posts
#8
School
10 posts
#9
Advice
9 posts
#10
Frustration
7 posts
Products Discussed in r/teaching
Home Printer
20 reviews
#1
Brother
4.6★ from 9 reviews
#2
Epson
4.0★ from 9 reviews
#3
HP
3.0★ from 2 reviews
Office Chair
2 reviews
#1
Herman Miller Aeron
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Herman Miller
5.0★ from 1 review
Air Purifier
1 review
#1
Honeywell
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/teaching
#1
General Discussion
: "A student may have left me with a permanent disability."
57 posts
#2
Help
: "The time has finally come...if you are a parent and your child attends your school-please read..."
50 posts
#3
Career Change/Interviewing/Job Advice
: "Dear folks who want to switch careers and become teachers:"
25 posts
#4
Vent
: "I genuinely don't understand why some of these parents became parents."
22 posts
#5
Humor
: "Where my 6 figure teachers at?? Who else making the Ca$h in the classroom. Not you admin…. Nobody wants to hear from you"
16 posts
#6
Classroom/Setup
: "Rate my classroom transformation."
15 posts
#7
Teaching Resources
: "Teacher hack for color printing"
9 posts
#8
Policy/Politics
: "Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules"
5 posts
#9
Curriculum
: "Reading comprehension tools for my kids at home?"
1 post
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Last updated: August 13, 2026