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Teaching Q&A Teaching 9/11 When Students—and Their Parents—Don't Remember It
A New York City teacher shares how her lesson on the terrorist attacks has evolved over the past 25 years.
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens
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Early Childhood Get in Line! Pre-K Expansion May Force 4-Year-Olds to Act Like Older Students
Experts explain why lines for little kids don't make sense, and offer alternatives.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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Early Childhood Q&A If District Leaders Support Pre-K, Then Why Is It Not a Top Priority?
Superintendents can empower other leaders to nurture and grow their district's pre-K program.
Olina Banerji
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English Learners Opinion Try These Strategies to Engage Parents of English Learners
Parents can be more than allies in their children’s education. They can be experts.
Larry Ferlazzo
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Conceptual illustration of classroom conversations and fragmented education elements coming together to form a cohesive picture of a book of classroom knowledge.
Sonia Pulido for Education Week
Teaching Profession Disciplined for Charlie Kirk Posts, These Teachers Fought Back—And Won
Several of them won settlements. But the legal line for punishing teachers over speech remains murky and contested.
Sarah D. Sparks
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A collage of hate text messages that were directed toward a teacher in response to her social media post about Charlie Kirk's death. The group of text messages have foul language and people's names blurred out and appear on a dark black background.
A collage of messages show the invective directed towards a teacher in response to a social media post about Charlie Kirk's death.
Collage by Gina Tomko/Education Week
Early Childhood Parents Are Reading Less to Preschool-Age Kids at Home. What’s to Blame?
A new study uncovers factors tied to shared reading habits at home.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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HERNDON, VA - MAY 11: Carmen Quintanilla and her husband Cain Perez read a book to their daughter, Carolina Perez, 5, during a program with Coates Family Academy at Lutie Lewis Coates Elementary School in Herndon, Va., Thursday, May 11, 2023. The program is called Book Bounce, one of many designed by Coates Family Academy for parents to be more involved in their students' education. It's focused on immigrant and English-learning families.
Carmen Quintanilla and her husband Cain Perez read a book to their daughter Carolina Perez, 5, during a program with Coates Family Academy at Lutie Lewis Coates Elementary School in Herndon, Va., on May 11, 2023. New research shows a decline in parent-child shared book reading experiences since the pandemic.
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Mathematics When Should Students Take Algebra? New Research Offers Clues
Delays aren't enough to help students who aren't ready to take Algebra 1 in 8th grade, a new analysis suggests.
Evie Blad
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Lansingburgh High School math teacher Regina Felio, right, helps a student prepare for their upcoming Algebra 1 Regents exam on May 15, 2026, in Troy, N.Y. New research suggests students who are ready to be successful in the course in middle school do better if they take it then, rather than waiting until high school.
Lansingburgh High School math teacher Regina Felio, right, helps a student prepare for their upcoming Algebra 1 Regents exam on May 15, 2026, in Troy, N.Y. New research suggests students who are ready to be successful in the course in middle school do better if they take it then, rather than waiting until high school.
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    In this Friday, March 13, 2020 photo, Pre-K students Nivayeh O'neal, 4, left, and Harper Lietchy, 5, go through the lunch line at Rivermont elementary school in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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    This photo taken on August 26, 2026, shows a book from the late music icon Dolly Parton's Imagination Library charitable program among flowers left at a memorial to the singer-songwriter, in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee. Parton's successful children's book donation project was borne of personal anguish: her own father grew up illiterate in rural Tennessee. The program sends books to children by mail for free, from birth until age five.
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