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Judgments of teacher-prep programs should be linked to student achievement, say Edward Crowe, Michael Allen, and Charles Coble of Teacher Preparation Analytics. (June 11, 2013)

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Using the Web-based storytelling platform Storify, Education Week Commentary compiled quotes, stories, photos, tweets, and readers' reflections on education issues. Recent collections include:

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Featured Blogs

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Peter Gow: What I'm Reading This Summer (06/18 09:31 am)

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Business Leaders Asked to Sell the Common Core to the Public (06/18 06:13 am)

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A Playbook for the Common Core'ites: Part I (06/17 11:18 pm)

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Top Commentaries

Breaking the Gender-Labeling Habit Early

Elementary school is a good setting for educators to abandon gender stereotypes and labels of their students, writes Sheryl Boris-Schacter. (June 19, 2013)

Common Core: Setting the Record Straight

The common core sets goals for what students should learn, not rigid curriculum guidelines, write Richard Laine and Chris Minnich. (June 18, 2013)

Teaching Toward Utopia

(June 11, 2013)

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Letters to the Editor

• STEM Preparation, Career Link Overstated
• Political Climate Created Evaluation 'Storm'

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Teacher Voices

First Person

Gaining a New Appreciation for Assessments

Upon transferring to a school in Mexico that has insufficient records of students’ literacy levels, a teacher comes to see the value in assessments. (June 18, 2013)

CTQ Collaboratory

Common Core: Diamond in the Rough?

In a discussion about what the common core means for educators, two teachers describe the ways they’ve seen it lead to “joyful learning.” (June 18, 2013)

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Commentary Collections

Commentary considers teacher education and the best ways to prepare new educators for the classroom. Read more. (June 10, 2013)

The Common Core State Standards have prompted numerous Education Week Commentaries and, in turn, reader responses. Read more. (August 20, 2012)

The Federal Role in Education

This collection of essays adapted for Education Week from the book Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit examines federal involvement in education policy. Read more. (May 1, 2012)

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Roundtable Opinion Blog

OpEducation Blog: Teacher Prep

This month, in OpEducation, Education Week's Commentary editors asked whether teacher education programs do a good job of preparing future teachers for the classroom. (June 10, 2013)