Teachers experience voice disorders at a significantly higher rate than the general public. In fact, they’re nearly twice as likely as non-teachers to suffer from chronic vocal issues.

• More than 50% of teachers say they suffer from hoarseness or vocal fatigue every
• Approximately 58% have developed a voice disorder during their career.
• More than 20% of teachers with chronic voice disorders have left or considered leaving the profession due to vocal strain.

And it’s no wonder. Teachers spend four to six hours a day—50-75% of their workday—speaking loudly. This is triple the two hours a day that professionals in other fields spend speaking, on average. In addition, classroom noise and acoustics generally force teachers to speak 10-15 decibels louder than their normal conversational voice.

Not all microphones are designed for classrooms. If yours is losing connection mid-lesson, picking up rustling from your clothing, or dying before lunch, you’re well aware of that.

The best classroom microphones are the ones we don’t notice—the ones that work reliably in the background, actively preventing the pitfalls that get in the way of learning, such as…

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“When students can hear every word clearly, they engage more, retain more and ultimately succeed more,” said Jaime Mendez, Boxlight’s Regional Vice President and Application Engineer, during an Education Talk Radio podcast with Larry Jacobs. 

When we talk about student achievement, we often focus on things like curriculum and teaching strategies, but there’s an important component that’s often overlooked: how well students can actually hear their teachers.

In 1980, 49 out of 50 school superintendents were men. That gap has since narrowed a bit, but the numbers are still rather lop-sided. Today, 77% of the teachers in American public schools are women, but only 30% of the districts are led by a female superintendent.

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Since interactive flat panels (IFPs) started replacing traditional projectors and whiteboards, they’ve become a classroom staple. The bright, intuitive, responsive touchscreen technology makes lessons far more engaging and collaborative than ever before, but their value goes far beyond lesson delivery.