February 8, 2012 Adam Bell narrates this story of a community coming together to rebuild after a tornado leveled five campuses in Joplin, Mo. |
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January 12, 2012 Why is it important to study schools from other countries? Watch and listen to Education Week's reporters who studied the issue at large for Quality Counts.
January 12, 2012 Despite its geographical proximity, Canada's education system differs from the United States' in many ways. | Part of our
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October 19, 2011 Mooresville H.S. Principal Todd Wirt talks about maintaining the school's culture in the midst of new technology programs. |
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October 13, 2011 A Maryland initiative seeks to scale up plans for co-teaching as a way to support students of all needs and abilities. |
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September 28, 2011 The 12 states that won money from President Obama's Race to the Top program now have set varying goals in which to improve test scores, graduation rates and college attendance. |
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September 21, 2011 A New York City teacher explains how he draws on the classic "marshmallow experiment" to teach his middle school students to exercise a little self-control. |
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September 16, 2011 Middle school math and science teachers take a near-zero-gravity flight as part of a program to get students excited about science, technology, engineering, and math. |
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September 21, 2011 Montgomery County, Md., teacher Patti Norton speaks about Bill Ruth, an Army officer and beloved fellow teacher who was killed in the Pentagon attack on 9/11. |
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August 24, 2011 Tessa Falcetta, who has dysgraphia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and her mother, Esther Falcetta, talk about why online learning is the best fit for Tessa. |
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July 30, 2011 At the "Save Our Schools" rally, teachers and others critical of standards- and test-based accountability bring their complaints to the Obama administration's front door. |
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June 22, 2011 The incoming executive director of the National Association of Secondary School Principals discusses the challenges facing today's principals and teacher leaders. |
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April 4, 2011 Math teacher Dan Meyer explains how using real-life scenarios through multimedia makes math problems “irresistible” to students. |
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April 6, 2011 With the availability of user-friendly home cameras and desktop publishing, thousands are posting videos and websites dedicated to science. |
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March 17, 2011 Students in the I-LEAP initiative at Edmunds Middle School in Burlington, Vt., are given laptops they can use in class and at home to do school assignments and projects tailored to their interests. |
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October 22, 2010 Education Week's Leadership Forum "Unleashing Technology to Personalize Learning," included the U.S. Dept. of Education's
Karen Cator who spoke on maximizing the effectiveness of technology in education. |
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October 13, 2010 By including students in professional development, the Hawthorne Avenue School of Science and Technology in Newark raises expectations of both teachers and students. |
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September 17, 2010 One day after her boss Adrian M. Fenty lost the Democratic mayoral primary, District of Columbia Schools Chancellor Michele A. Rhee reflects upon the lessons she's learned and the challenges ahead for the school system. |
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August 25, 2010 New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy teacher Kaycee Eckhart talks about the challenges that she and other educators face in post-Katrina New Orleans. |
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May 14, 2010 Education leaders and school data experts, including
Rudy Crew, discuss how data-driven decisionmaking can be used to drive instruction during a recent Education Week Leadership Forum titled “Making Data Matter.” |
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February 3, 2010 Education Week Digital Directions interviewed high school students about their use of technology both inside and outside of the classroom. |
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December 16, 2009 Feltonville School of Arts and Sciences in Philadelphia is the showcase site for "Diplomas Now," a national model that blends social supports with an early-warning system to identify students who are off track. |
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November 30, 2009 U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act during an interview with staff writers from Education Week on November 30, 2009, in Bethesda, Md. |
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November 23, 2009 Last year, Maryland passed a landmark law that requires district boards to develop policies to include students with disabilities in their physical education classes and athletic activities. The Baltimore County School District began its Allied Sports Program 15 years ago, offering soccer in the fall, bowling in the winter, and softball in the spring. |
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October 14, 2009 The Obama administration has proposed increased funding for Striving Readers program, a federal program targeting adolescent literacy. Students from the Edward Coles Model for Excellence World Language Academy in Chicago discuss their experience in the program. |
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October 7, 2009 Juan Rangel heads the United Neighborhood Organization. The Chicago-based Latino advocacy group recently received a $98 million grant that will allow it to nearly double its network of charter schools to 16. |
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September 2, 2009 George E. Norris, the superintendent of the Richmond County (N.C.) School District, talks about the challenges facing rural school districts. |
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July 31, 2009 Robert C. Bobb is charged with one of the toughest jobs in education—pulling the Detroit school system out of a severe financial crisis. |
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