Affiliate disclosure & editorial independence

The short version

Some links on EduJobsBoard go to programs that pay us a commission when readers enroll or sign up — typically test-prep companies, online education programs, and alternative-route teacher certification programs. The reader never pays more because the link is an affiliate link; the commission comes out of the partner's marketing budget.

Affiliate commissions never change what we recommend. Our state guides, district pages, and salary data are independent of any partnership. The programs we link to are programs we'd recommend even without a commission relationship; the commissions simply pay the bills so we can keep the site free for teachers.

What you'll see on the site

• "Sponsored" cards — boxed promotional units with a clear "Sponsored" label and the partner's name. These appear in editorial flow on guide pages and contain a brief description of the partner's offer plus a link.
• Inline sponsored links — natural-language links inside body paragraphs, each tagged with a small [ad] label adjacent to the link text. The label is always visible (no hover required).
• Disclosure banner — a notice near the top of every page that contains any affiliate links, repeating in plain language that some links earn us a commission.

How we choose programs

We recommend programs based on a short set of criteria:

1. State recognition. Programs we recommend must be accredited and recognized in the states our readers are searching from. We don't link to programs that lead to credentials a state won't honor.
2. Track record. Programs need a multi-year history of completions and verified outcomes — not first-year startups or schools with pending accreditation issues.
3. Cost transparency. The program's pricing must be available without requiring a sales call. Programs that hide tuition behind a phone-call gate are deprioritized.
4. Substantive product. We don't link to programs whose primary value is the marketing pitch. The test-prep companies and degree programs we work with have actual study material, course content, or services we'd recommend at a friend.

We rotate partners off the site when complaints accumulate, when accreditation lapses, or when a partner's commercial pressure starts to conflict with reader interest.

What affiliate commissions don't pay for

• Our job listings (~61,000 active postings across all 50 states).
• Our district profile pages and the contact details on them.
• Our state certification, salary, and shortage guides.
• Our state-pair license-reciprocity guides.
• Our "how to become a teacher" career guides.

Every one of those is editorially independent of any partner relationship. If a partner asks us to alter editorial copy in exchange for a higher commission, we end the relationship; that's happened before and it'll happen again.

FTC compliance

EduJobsBoard follows the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides. Affiliate links carry the rel="sponsored" attribute as recommended by Google's qualify-outbound-links guidance. Disclosures are placed adjacent to the endorsement, in body-text size, in contrasting color, and are not gated by user interaction.

Questions or concerns?

Reach out via the contact link in the footer. We respond to every email about editorial concerns — we want to know if a program we link to has changed for the worse, if a disclosure feels insufficient, or if you spot an error.