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College & Workforce Readiness The Job Market Is Changing. Report Makes the Case for Career Literacy
Career literacy is strongly linked to positive workforce outcomes, concludes a new report.
Lauraine Langreo
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Reading & Literacy More Kids Are Learning to Read on AI-Generated Text. What Are the Pros and Cons?
AI tools can easily create practice passages. Are they comparable to those written by humans?
Sarah Schwartz
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Assessment Opinion The Right (and Wrong) Way to Fix Grade Inflation
Grades continue to rise as other external measures of student achievement stay flat. Why?
Thomas R. Guskey
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Special Education Opinion Disability Studies Is a Rich Discipline That Builds Empathy. How to Teach It
A more inclusive world starts with teaching all students the long history of disability rights.
Brittany R. Collins
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A classroom image with aspects of the struggles of disability rights woven through it.
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Mathematics Letter to the Editor We Can't Fall Into 'Math Wars'
The real opportunity for the field is not to choose sides but to build stronger bridges.
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Early Childhood Hey Diddle Diddle: What the Decline of Nursery Rhymes Means for Early Literacy
Nursery rhymes aren't just a quaint nod to the past: They're an engaging way to grow literacy skills.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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Nursery Rhymes, Disappearing, children's books, kids books, early childhood, early literacy
Illustration by Gina Tomko/Education Week + Canva
Special Education How Teachers Feel About Adapting Instruction for Students With Disabilities
Both general and special education teachers need more time and support to build confidence in differentiating instruction.
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens
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Jessica DiMaggio, an education for students with disabilities paraprofessional, watches a Structured Academics and Interpersonal Learning or SAIL student put the tips of his index fingers together at Watkins Elementary on Nov. 4, 2025 , in Wylie, Texas.
Jessica DiMaggio, an education for students with disabilities paraprofessional, watches a Structured Academics and Interpersonal Learning or SAIL student put the tips of his index fingers together at Watkins Elementary on Nov. 4, 2025 , in Wylie, Texas. Most teachers don't feel confident in their ability to adapt instruction to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities, according to a new survey by the National Center for Learning Disabilities and West Ed.
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  • Teachers work with A.I. on their laptops during the Charleston County School District Charleston Educator Symposium on July 22, 2026, in North Charleston, S.C. Districts still provide most of the teacher training in A.I., but a national teachers' college group wants to create more comprehensive training.
    Teachers work with artificial intelligence on their laptops during the Charleston County School District Charleston Educator Symposium on July 22, 2026, in North Charleston, S.C. Districts still provide most of the teacher training for AI use in the classroom, but a national teachers' college group says preservice programs need to think through their approach to the subject, too.
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    Teacher Preparation How Should AI Shape Teacher Education?
    The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education outlines a framework for the future.
    Sarah D. Sparks, August 26, 2026
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    Youth development professional Jaisha McNeill, center, helps children complete a project during a STEM event at the Bywater Boys & Girls Club in Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 23, 2025.
    Youth development professional Jaisha McNeill, center, helps children complete a project during a STEM event at the Bywater Boys & Girls Club in Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 23, 2025. A new survey shows after-school programs increasingly include experiences focused on science, technology, engineering, and math, but many families who want to participate face hurdles with capacity and cost.
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    Science More Kids Get STEM Content in After-School Programs
    Many more students have access to science- and math-focused programs today than a decade ago.
    Evie Blad, August 26, 2026
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    Collage-style illustration of young Finnish students in snowsuits, a cut out image of the Supreme Court of Finland building, a map and flag of Finland, as well as two other students working with pencils on paper.
    Illustration by Emily Wright for Education Week + Getty
    Early Childhood Opinion Finland Is a Model of Academic Success. The Reason Starts Earlier Than I Thought

    Learning about community comes before academics in Finnish preschools, writes a teacher educator.
    Marilyn M. DePietto, August 26, 2026
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    A tutor helps students at Benjamin O. Davis Middle School in Compton, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.
    A tutor helps students at Benjamin O. Davis Middle School in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025. A new study shows that shorter, less intensive tutoring can be effective.
    Eric Thayer/AP
    Reading & Literacy Can Lighter-Touch Tutoring Programs Benefit Kids Too?
    A short, classroom-embedded tutoring program showed persistent gains in student improvement.
    Sarah Schwartz, August 26, 2026
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    West Hollywood CA April 1977 - Dolly Parton performs at the Roxy in 1977
    Dolly Parton performs at the Roxy nightclub in West Hollywood, Calif., in 1977. Photo by Nancy Barr Brandon /MediaPunch /IPX via AP.
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    Reading & Literacy Dolly Parton's Legacy Extended From Country Music to Literacy
    The iconic singer, who died this week, founded Imagination Library to support children birth through age 5.
    The Associated Press, August 25, 2026
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    Students walk in the hallways on the first day of school at Heritage High School in Saginaw, Mich. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026 .
    Students walk in the hallways on the first day of school at Heritage High School in Saginaw, Mich., on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. Dual-enrollment classes for high school students have grown increasingly common in recent years. A new study finds socioeconomically disadvantaged students are more likely to fail such classes, but that even those students who fail are more likely than peers to enroll in college.
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    College & Workforce Readiness Students Who Fail Dual-Enrollment Classes Still Benefit, a New Study Says
    The study looked into dual-enrollment failures and participating students' eventual college enrollment.
    Mark Walsh, August 25, 2026
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