6 Words of Wisdom From Teachers for Teachers (Opinion)
Teachers dish on what makes them better at their jobs.| Education Week
Teachers dish on what makes them better at their jobs.| Education Week
School safety trainings, especially those that simulate shooting scenarios, can be physically and emotionally painful for educators, and can leave districts open to lawsuits.| Education Week
The computer simulation—which looks similar to a video game—allows teachers, administrators, and police to train for crisis events in schools, including shootings. The Department of Homeland Security will offer the program free to schools starting Nov. 1.| Education Week
As they use more-elaborate safety drills to prepare for a gunman on campus, schools face a profound challenge: how to prepare young students for the worst without stoking fear.| Education Week
The average combined score of graduating high-school students on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, one of the two standardized examinations most often required for admission to the nation's colleges, jumped 9 points this year, the sharpest single-year gain since 1963, the College Board announced last…| Education Week
A call for three-year degrees, micro-credentials, and closer ties between educators and employers could affect K–12 and higher education.| Education Week
Sylvelia Pittman has never experienced something like the current federal crackdown in her city.| Education Week
Sylvelia Pittman has never experienced something like the current federal crackdown in her city.| Education Week
Workforce readiness and career and technical education were the most common education themes in governors' state of the state addresses.| Education Week
President Joe Biden highlighted a number of his education priorities in a high-stakes speech as he seeks a second term.| Education Week
Interest in career and technical education continues to grow in schools nationwide, new report shows.| Education Week
As graduation rates begin to stabilize, data show some hopeful signs for young people. But experts warn of a disconnect between high school, college, and careers.| Education Week
Four in 5 students say they're academically ready for college. Their test scores say otherwise.| Education Week
Were small schools just another failed school improvement effort, or do they actually work? Jack Schneider's answer is both.| Education Week
The key to addressing this issue is rebuilding the relationship between families and schools.| Education Week
As the new trend spreads, teachers are left to wonder—should they stop it or embrace it?| Education Week
Lazaro Lopez is building career pathways to help students graduate with clear, relevant steps toward college and careers.| EdWeek Leaders To Learn From
Such recruiting initiatives wind up prioritizing the needs of education systems rather than those of students.| Education Week
Over the past 40 years, the number of students in special education has doubled due to better identification and less stigma, experts said.| Education Week
Here's a glossary for help in understanding multitiered systems of support, response to intervention, and their related uses.| Education Week
Few topics in education incite as much debate as vouchers, which steer public money to families to pay for students to attend private school| Education Week
Twenty-one states have programs that give tax credits for donations to organizations that grant private-school scholarships.| Education Week
A summary of all the lawsuits challenging the Biden administration's Title IX rule that expands protections for LGBTQ+ students.| Education Week
A side-by-side look at what the two policy documents say on key education topics.| Education Week
The fiscal 2021 deal increases K-12 aid for disadvantaged students, special education, and other federal programs.| Education Week
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said social media threatens kids' ability to develop a healthy identity and sense of self.| Education Week
To curb distractions in class, an increasing number of schools are implementing stricter cellphone policies.| Education Week
Administrators point to strategic ways to design student cellphone policies that parents won't oppose.| Education Week
Two new analyses of student-achievement data finds some benefits—but also deep inequities—for districts receiving federal recovery money.| Education Week
In many cases, gaps are widening, according to new data from assessment provider NWEA.| Education Week
The Golden State is revamping credentials for teaching reading. But some advocates worry it won't go far enough.| Education Week
The California Teachers Association was one of the bill's most prominent opponents.| Education Week
After years of contentious debate in California about teaching children how to read, the state school board has capped off its effort to improve achievement with a renewed emphasis on phonics in the nation's largest textbook adoption for English-language arts.| Education Week
Nearly 17 million children lack high-speed internet at home that's considered crucial to their ability to participate in remote learning during the pandemic, according to a new study.| Education Week
A new study from Vanderbilt University concluded that teachers' feedback on math problems hinders students who have a grasp on the concept but could significantly help those who still don't understand.| Education Week
Hundreds of members of the group gathered for a summit that featured former President Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis, as well as protesters.| Education Week
The former president says principal elections will let parents take schools back from “radical Marxist maniacs."| Education Week
After a year-plus of pandemic schooling, some experts are seeing momentum for district leaders to reimagine what teaching can look like.| Education Week
The U.S. Department of Education is losing about a fifth of its already diminished workforce.| Education Week
Schools nationwide won't see funding earmarked for English learners, migrant students, professional development, and more.| Education Week
Educators nationwide say their ability to use technology for instruction improved significantly during the pandemic.| Education Week
Less than a quarter of students said that their teachers make an effort to understand what their life is like outside of school.| Education Week
An analysis of EdWeek Research Center survey data found gaps in teachers' English-learner training.| Education Week
National Professional Development grants help school districts serving English learners get support for teacher training and credentialing.| Education Week
EdWeek Research Center survey data on teacher morale found English-as-as-second-language teachers seeking specific PD for morale.| Education Week
More than 200 ongoing projects have seen their remaining grant funding canceled in recent weeks.| Education Week
The administration wants to cut roughly $7 billion in annual K-12 funding. Much of it supports vulnerable students.| Education Week
The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday it was getting rid of nearly half its staff through a variety of measures.| Education Week
The Trump administration has cut funding for some English learner PD grants, sparking confusion and prompting appeals.| Education Week
School districts are reacting to state laws that dictate the kinds of books school libraries can have, leading to book bans, report finds.| Education Week
The separate collection is a response to states with laws restricting learning materials on race, gender, and sexuality.| Education Week
As book bans continue to increase in 2023, experts say it’s crucial for educators, parents, and students to fight bans in their districts.| Education Week
Amanda Jones lost her legal battle against online harassers this week but vows to continue to press her case.| Education Week
Stock classrooms with books that reflect students’ lives, languages, and cultures and invite them into as yet unfamiliar worlds.| Education Week
More 12th graders than ever before are scoring below the test's threshold for mastery of “basic” skills.| Education Week
School choice advocates—and detractors—see a second Trump term as the biggest opportunity in decades for choice at the federal level.| Education Week
Pro-school choice initiatives failed in Colorado, Kentucky, and Nebraska.| Education Week
A third of 8th graders and 40 percent of 4th graders did not meet a "basic" reading level.| Education Week
As legal protections remain for immigrant students, experts share what educators can do in the wake of federal immigration policy changes.| Education Week
A federal appeals court upholds an injunction against an Arizona law, allowing two transgender girls to compete on female teams.| Education Week
Equipping teachers to help transgender students feel safe and included requires special training, advocates say.| Education Week
There's a body of research that points to a number of benefits when students feel close to people at school.| Education Week
The law bans schools from passing policies that require notifying parents if their child asks to change their gender identification.| Education Week
Lawmakers this year proposed 137 bills restricting lessons and training about racism and gender identity, a 250 percent increase since 2021.| Education Week
How teachers explain tricky math and science concepts can affect students' motivation in their STEM classes.| Education Week
It's not just about motivation—it's about providing supports for kids to study STEM subjects.| Education Week
Encouragement from adults—like teachers, school counselors, and parents—is crucial for motivating students in STEM.| Education Week
Teachers can expose their students to the STEM subjects in small ways throughout the school day.| Education Week
Nearly a quarter of the cellphone notifications students receive each day come during school hours, new report shows.| Education Week
New survey data show that schools are trying a variety of approaches to curb students’ cellphone use.| Education Week
The law requires parental consent for social media platforms to send notifications to minors during the school day.| Education Week
Students' stress over learning a new language in a new environment can affect their academic success. Proper support can ease that.| Education Week
Teaching English learners can be challenging. These veterans offer guidance.| Education Week
New state policies to restrict cellphone use in schools are driven by bipartisan support.| Education Week
Education Week tracked K-12 school shootings in 2023 with injuries or deaths. See the number of incidents and where they occurred.| Education Week
Building stamina—the attention span and endurance to read texts for sustained periods—is critical to support reading comprehension.| Education Week
The Education Department's six new proposed funding priorities would affect competitive grants.| Education Week
Digital citizenship lessons and parent communication can help blunt the impact of destructive TikTok challenges.| Education Week
Nearly 100 school districts have filed lawsuits against JUUL and other e-cigarette manufacturers, and more are likely to join in to claim that schools are the de facto "first responders" to the epidemic of youth vaping.| Education Week
States are suing Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, saying the social media giant harms children’s mental health.| Education Week
Some 4th and 12th grade tests won't proceed as planned, following sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Education research arm last month.| Education Week
Data from several states show most voucher and education savings account recipients aren't leaving public schools for private alternatives.| Education Week
If school district leaders changed their mindset about the concept of sharing power, students would be among the beneficiaries.| Education Week
The state law passed after the Parkland massacre calls for a new “integrated data repository” that’s raising questions about privacy and civil liberties.| Education Week
Florida’s efforts to expand digital surveillance of students in the name of school safety have been delayed amid privacy concerns, legal questions, and bureaucratic snafus, an Education Week investigation found.| Education Week
Details revealed by the state commission investigating the shooting fit in with a larger pattern in which officials from law enforcement, mental health agencies, and schools appear to have missed possible warning signs related to Cruz.| Education Week
The administration issued notices saying undocumented immigrants don't qualify for Head Start and some Education Department programs.| Education Week
Past and present research studies found broad implications of immigration enforcement on students' school attendance.| Education Week
Experts say there are steps schools can take to proactively address mental health concerns stemming from ramped-up immigration enforcement.| Education Week
Illinois lawmakers passed a bill locally codifying the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe.| Education Week
Critical thinking is a thing. We can define it; we can teach it; and we can assess it.| Education Week
Some educators argue that state tests don't do much more than evaluate students' ability to perform under pressure.| Education Week
2015's Every Student Succeeds Act rolls back much of the federal government's big footprint in education policy.| Education Week
A provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act allows the secretary of education to waive certain state requirements.| Education Week
Out-of-school learning is often more meaningful than anything that happens in a classroom. Kevin Bushweller tackles the relevance gap.| Education Week
North Dakota is requiring all students to study either cybersecurity or computer science content to graduate.| Education Week
Schools work on meeting academic standards. What happens when they focus on different sets of skills?| Education Week
Tammie Jo Shults put into action a lifetime of learning—in and out of school—when Southwest flight 1380 blew an engine at 32,000 feet.| Education Week
It can be hard to pin down what kinds of teaching and curriculum fall into the category of social-emotional learning.| Education Week
Employers are putting a premium on soft-skills—like attention to detail—that aren't always easy to capture or measure.| Education Week
