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Reading & Literacy Getting Middle Schoolers to Do the Reading Is Hard. Can Communal Reading Help?
New classroom methods aim to help kids internalize the message that engaging in print is worth it.
Sarah Schwartz
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11 min read
Reading & Literacy Can Pizza Hut-Style Rewards Spark Lifelong Reading Habits?
Schools need to partner with parents and community organizations to help students read more.
Olina Banerji
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8 min read
Reading & Literacy Video Want Kids to Read More? An Expert Shares the Low-Cost Tips That Work (Video)
A researcher shares her tips about how to motivate kids to read more.
Stephen Sawchuk, Marvin Joseph & Emily Wright
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Teaching Profession Opinion No, Self-Directed Learning Doesn't Make Teachers Obsolete
When students own their own learning, professional expertise becomes more important.
Tyler Thigpen & George Philhower
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5 min read
Collage-style illustration of a young student standing on a dotted line path that zig-zags from the bottom of the frame to the top right. The student is wearing a backpack and pointing to a yellow circle on the end of the path at the top right. At the bottom of the frame a teacher's hand is open and facing upwards at the beginning of the dotted path. Smaller yellow dots are placed along the path, near the teacher's hand and where the student is standing.
Illustration by Emily Wright for Education Week + Getty
Reading & Literacy 'Long Form' vs. 'Short' Reading: What's Going on Inside A Student's Brain?
Reading a novel and reading short text messages work the brain differently. Here's what that means.
Laura Baker & Elizabeth Heubeck
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3 min read
Pieces of a book page and a cellphone.
Collage by Laura Baker/Education Week + Getty
English Learners How Tech Can Help or Harm Instruction for English Learners With Disabilities
Devices and AI-powered tools can lead to engagement or isolation, researchers and advocates say.
Jennifer Vilcarino
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3 min read
Chromebooks, to be loaned to students in the Elk Grove Unified School District, await distribution at Monterey Trail High School in Elk Grove, Calif., on April 2, 2020.
Chromebooks fill a shelf at a high school in Elk Grove, Calif., on April 2, 2020. In a recent Education Week webinar on how to support English learners with disabilities, Sara Kangas, an associate professor at Lehigh University’s college of education and a participant in the discussion, suggested teachers consider whether the technology being used is hurting or helping peer-to-peer interactions among English learners with disabilities.
Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Reading & Literacy Creating a Culture of Reading for Pleasure Amid a Focus on Basics
School librarians at Missouri's Clayton school district bring a culture of reading to all students.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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9 min read
Tom Bober
Students read books in the library at Captain Elementary School in Clayton, Mo., on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. School Librarian Tom Bober works with teachers at the school to help instill a culture of reading early in students' lives.
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  • A Puerto Rican flag is displayed on a screen in a classroom at the John Cardinal O’Connor Center for Parent and Child Development, a Head Start center operated by The New York Foundling, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026.
    A Puerto Rican flag is displayed on a screen in a classroom at the John Cardinal O’Connor Center for Parent and Child Development, a Head Start center operated by The New York Foundling, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. A Trump administration proposal would require instruction in English only in Head Start, which has caused concern in Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico.
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    Early Childhood Puerto Rico Balks at Trump's Proposal to Require English at Head Start Centers
    Parents and educators warn the change could undermine children's connection to their culture.
    The Associated Press, October 16, 2026
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    Pages from the book How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Lessons by author Sigfried Englemann
    Pages from the book <i>How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Lessons</i> by the late professor Siegfried Englemann. That book, which exemplifies Englemann's step-by-step, scripted approach to instruction, continues to be popular with parents—but in education circles the technique, known as Direct Instruction, never took off. Englemann's work is explored as part of a new season of the Sold a Story podcast.
    Marvin Joseph/Education Week
    Teaching Direct Instruction: What to Know About the Topic of the Next 'Sold a Story' Podcast
    The Direct Instruction program and explicit instruction are in the spotlight again. What are they?
    Sarah Schwartz, October 16, 2026
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    A teacher is overwhelmed by the constant decision making of an educator's job. Educational triage. Burnout.
    Vanessa Solis/Education Week + Getty
    Teaching Profession Opinion ‘Can I Go to the Bathroom?’: How Even Teachers' Smallest Judgment Calls Add Up
    Teaching is a constant exercise in emotional triage.
    Heidi Wells, October 15, 2026
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    Elaine Wilson, left, and Lois Curtis are shown in this April 10, 1999 file photo. States may have to place people with mental disabilities in homelike settings if they can fare just as well there as in state hospitals, the Supreme Court said Tuesday, June 22, 1999. The decision did not provide the final word in the legal battle of the two Georgia women who sued Georgia to get out of a state mental hospital in Atlanta. Elaine Wilson and Lois Curtis had been approved for community-based care but faced long waiting lists. Now in group homes, both women attended the Supreme Court arguments for their case in April.
    Plaintiffs Elaine Wilson and Lois Curtis, shown here on April 10, 1999, during their Supreme Court battle, were the two Georgia women whose lawsuit established the landmark <i>Olmstead</i> decision requiring community-based care for adults with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Justice in July issued new guidance that said it will no longer rely upon the <i>Olmstead</i> decision in its enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
    John Bazemore/AP
    Special Education Q&A How New Federal Guidance on Disability Could Impact K-12 Special Education
    New federal DOJ guidance deemphasizing independent living skills could affect special education transition plans.
    Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, October 14, 2026
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    Reading for pleasure, African-American girl reading a book, doing homework at home at her desk. Back to school concept. School distance education, home schooling, diverse people.
    Vanessa Solis/Education Week + Getty
    Reading & Literacy 5 Proven Ways to Get Students to Read More for Fun
    Pleasure reading among students is historically low. These strategies can help turn it around.
    Elizabeth Heubeck, October 14, 2026
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    5 min read
    Student Elias Albert gets help from Nurit Foster, who is using artificial intelligence in her multilingual learners class at Hillside Middle School in Northville, Mich., on Jan. 13, 2025 . AI allows teachers in Northville to provide students with content for a class assignment and then adjust the levels for each student based on their English proficiency, officials said. Some districts are also using AI tools to help with translation for families.
    Student Elias Albert gets help from Nurit Foster, who is using artificial intelligence in her multilingual learners class at Hillside Middle School in Northville, Mich., on Jan. 13, 2025. AI allows teachers in Northville to provide students with content for a class assignment and then adjust the levels for each student based on their English proficiency, officials said. Some districts are also using AI tools to help with translation for families.
    Daniel Mears/The Detroit News via TNS
    English Learners Strategies to Support English Learners: 3 Takeaways for School Districts
    States and school systems are wrestling with how to help learners of English of all age levels.
    Sean Cavanagh, October 13, 2026
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