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Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., is offering the final pilot year of the course before it officially launches this fall.| Education Week
Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., is offering the final pilot year of the course before it officially launches this fall.| Education Week
IB programs offer students college credit in high school and advanced learning environments.| Education Week
Leaders cry in coaching sessions. Still, they show up brave and stand strong.| Education Week - K-12 education news and information
Middle schoolers' access to the course is stratified along racial, socioeconomic, and regional lines, new research finds.| Education Week - K-12 education news and information
Families in California were polled as to their interest in bilingual education programs.| Education Week - K-12 education news and information
Leaders of the Cambridge program speak about how it differs from the AP and IB programs.| Education Week
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited Escuela Key Elementary School in Arlington, Va., to promote multilingual learning.| Education Week
Almost all states now offer some form of distinction on diplomas for proficiency in English and additional languages.| Education Week
Test your knowledge of how well schools and teachers are supporting English learners.| Education Week - K-12 education news and information
Two groups have aimed to find consensus in one contested area of the reading wars.| Education Week
Leaders shared three guiding principles in a recent Education Week virtual event.| Education Week
Researchers share a 5-part framework for how to create and sustain a seal of biliteracy program.| Education Week
Kathleen Leos directed the Office of English Language Acquisition in the U.S. Department of Education when George W. Bush was president.| Education Week
The updated English-learner family toolkit is available in four languages and as a mobile app.| Education Week
Offensive prose does show up in books. Ignoring it doesn't help students.| Education Week
Teachers dish on what makes them better at their jobs.| Education Week
Explore how schools and states are trying to support English learners with programs, literacy strategies, and teacher training.| Education Week
This report explores the impact of grading policies and practices on student assessment, and the impact of GPAs on students’ futures.| Education Week
How can teachers help students master each content area's specialized vocabulary, tools, and ways of communicating?| Education Week
Help students make sense of math and feel more confident in the subject with these research-aligned strategies.| 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
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
As the new trend spreads, teachers are left to wonder—should they stop it or embrace it?| 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
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
Advocates on both sides say the compromise bill is strong, but imperfect. Will it move literacy instruction forward in the state?| 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
After a year-plus of pandemic schooling, some experts are seeing momentum for district leaders to reimagine what teaching can look like.| 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
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
Stock classrooms with books that reflect students’ lives, languages, and cultures and invite them into as yet unfamiliar worlds.| 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
Students can offer teachers valuable insights into what motivates them to tackle challenging STEM subjects.| Education Week
Teachers can expose their students to the STEM subjects in small ways throughout 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
Building stamina—the attention span and endurance to read texts for sustained periods—is critical to support reading comprehension.| 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
Some educators argue that state tests don't do much more than evaluate students' ability to perform under pressure.| 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
What skills do students need to succeed in the workplace of the future? Education Week begins answering that question in this special report.| Education Week
Motivating students in STEM-related classes can be difficult. But competency and confidence in STEM subjects is important for everyone.| 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
This downloadable has strategies for creating social-emotional learning experiences that won't cause teenagers to roll their eyes.| Education Week
One of the giants of the literacy world is grappling with the recent push for the "science of reading"—and responding to critics.| Education Week
EdReports, the nonprofit curriculum reviewer, released its first reviews of foundational reading and writing skills programs—and all five of the materials assessed failed to reach the evaluator's highest standard.| Education Week
Learning how to decode words is essential to becoming a reader. But research shows that building a strong vocabulary and knowledge-base is crucial as well.| Education Week
The office of English language acquisition will once again manage Title III formula grant funds.| Education Week
Need help with using AI in the classroom? How about teaching students to write? Or fostering relationships? Plenty is available here.| Education Week
A new series examines how high school is evolving to reflect changing pathways to degrees, credentials, and the workforce.| Education Week
Students say they want more career education, and EdWeek Research Center survey data show schools are emphasizing it more.| Education Week
Preparing students for college and career success starts well before high school—and it doesn’t only involve occupation-specific training.| Education Week
By supporting learning that takes place outside the classroom, districts—and states—are starting to rethink an age-old institution.| Education Week
A new RAND Corp. study found that teachers working with English learners need more training and better materials.| Education Week
Four public school librarians and two experts said Scholastic's reversal on making diverse books optional is a step in the right direction.| Education Week
An EdWeek Research Center survey examined student motivation in STEM classes.| Education Week
New surveys of teens and teachers show how far apart the two groups are on this issue.| Education Week
Teaching STEM classes can be difficult and frustrating, because many students lack the confidence or skills to tackle those subjects.| Education Week
After 23 years, I am bidding farewell to my classroom. But I'm far from done with education, he explains.| Education Week
The latest scores from the the nation's report card were just released and things aren't looking good for the country's young readers. But what do the results say about how reading should be taught?| Education Week
Standardized testing. Formative assessment. Competency-based learning. Report cards. Explore EdWeek’s full coverage of student testing.| Education Week
State testing remains a complicated debate amongst educators as the end-of-year assessments take place.| Education Week
Senior executives from U.S. companies put a high priority on so-called "soft skills."| Education Week
Education news, analysis, and opinion about preparing students for high school graduation and what happens after.| Education Week
A report from Student Achievement Partners claims that Lucy Calkins's popular reading program doesn't align to evidence-based practice.| Education Week
No one likes dealing with grade-change requests. Here are some tips to help teachers avoid them altogether.| Education Week
Philosophical disagreements, a rushed rollout, and a lack of ready-to-use materials have complicated one state's journey.| Education Week
The terminations affect teacher training, after-school programs, and district-wide initiatives to boost math and science participation.| Education Week
The president of the National Career Academy Coalition talks about matching potential careers with local economic needs.| Education Week
What you need to know about what students can find at book fairs, who organizes them, who selects the books for them, and more.| Education Week
The consulting group, founded by the popular and controversial literacy icon Lucy Calkins, will soon be shutting its doors.| Education Week
As the nation's largest teachers' union prepares to convene in Florida, some members are objecting to the annual gathering's location.| Education Week
Staff for the nation’s largest teachers’ union picketed at its Washington headquarters Thursday, striking for the first time in decades.| Education Week
An analysis of the five most-used programs for early reading shows that they often diverge from evidence-based practices.| Education Week
Reading and writing instruction. The science of reading. Early literacy. State reading policy. Explore EdWeek’s full coverage.| Education Week
The debate rages but the science is clear: Teaching systematic phonics is the most reliable way to make sure that kids learn how to read.| Education Week
We interrogate the cognitive science behind how young students gain foundational reading skills and explore challenges in teaching kids to read.| Education Week
After a wave of bills limiting class discussions on race and gender, an Education Week analysis shows the policies have slowed.| Education Week
Learn more about students whose first language is not English, also referred to as students learning English as a second language.| Education Week
The newly designed Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, branded the "Better FAFSA," is prompting lots of frustration.| Education Week
Here are highlights on the historic declines in students' math scores on the just-released national assessment.| Education Week
Membership is down but the National Education Association's budget is steady, and the union has outlined spending for the coming year.| Education Week
The National Education Association will spend more than $500,000 countering new legislation and developing resources for its members.| Education Week
The union's staff went on strike Friday, halting the NEA's biggest annual event, prompting President Biden to cancel a scheduled appearance.| Education Week
