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English Learners From Our Research Center How Schools Are Navigating the English-Learner Teacher Shortage
EdWeek Research Center survey data found schools continue to struggle staffing for English learners.
Ileana Najarro
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Reading & Literacy Why Mandatory Summer Reading Doesn’t Work—and What Teachers Prefer Instead
Summer reading shouldn’t be prescriptive, most teachers say.
Olina Banerji
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Is Career and Technical Education Stuck in the Past?
Often, CTE programs can look good on paper without serving the students who could use them most.
Cami Anderson
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Reading & Literacy Opinion The Two-Minute Fix Every Phonics Lesson Needs
It may look like an amusing tangent, but this exercise can cement new vocabulary.
Carolyn Strom
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Silhouetted students having a conversation. Finding different meaning. Science of reading. Phonics.
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Mathematics When Teachers Fear Math, Their Students Suffer the Consequences
Elementary teachers tended to experience more math anxiety—and the effect on student learning can compound.
Evie Blad
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Fifth grade teachers from left, Traci Meyers, Autumn Mayer, Lakisha Smith and Allison King take part in training to teach math at West Forest Intermediate School in Opelika, Ala., on Nov. 4, 2021.
Fifth grade teachers from left, Traci Meyers, Autumn Mayer, Lakisha Smith, and Allison King take part in training to teach math at West Forest Intermediate School in Opelika, Ala., on Nov. 4, 2021. New research suggests anxiety about teaching math could affect students' achievement in the subject.
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Early Childhood This State Has a New Kindergarten Assessment—No Computer, Pen or Paper Required
The assessment evaluates 16 items in four separate foundational skills categories.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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Yamileth Escalera tosses a red foam cube into a container full of water during a pre-K prep program at Castleberry Elementary School in Fort Worth on June 29, 2026. The students had to guess whether their chosen object would float or sink when dropped in water.
During a pre-K prep program at Castleberry Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 29, 2026, Yamileth Escalera tosses a red foam cube into a container of water as part of an activity where students guess whether their chosen object will float or sink. Increasingly, students in pre-K and kindergarten are required to complete standardized assessments to measure their development and preparedness.
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English Learners How Schools Are Failing English Learners With Disabilities
An EdWeek Research Center survey found gaps in trained staff for dually identified students.
Ileana Najarro
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Third-grade students learn about identifying story elements as part of an elementary school's Dual Language Program in August 2023.
Third-grade students learn about identifying story elements as part of Crestwood Elementary School's Dual Language Program in August 2023 in Tampa, Fla. Due to silos in the teaching profession, English learners with disabilities may miss out on language services such as dual language programs in favor of special education programming.
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  • Georgia State University students Kavita Javalagi, left, and Gana Natarajan, second from left, speak with Shetundra Pinkston, during the Startup Student Connection job fair, March 29, 2023, in Atlanta. Georgia officials launched a program that year to match high school students to college opportunities and has seen enrollment increases at both technical and four-year colleges since.
    Georgia State University students Kavita Javalagi, left, and Gana Natarajan, second from left, speak with Shetundra Pinkston, during the Startup Student Connection job fair, March 29, 2023, in Atlanta. Georgia officials launched a program that year to match high school students to college opportunities and has seen enrollment increases at both technical and four-year colleges since.
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    College & Workforce Readiness How States Are Streamlining College Admissions—and Who Benefits
    Direct-admissions programs aim to streamline the college admissions process.
    Evie Blad, July 17, 2026
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    Oscar-winning actor and women's health activist Halle Berry joins Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., second from left, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, and other women of the Senate as they introduce new legislation to boost federal research on menopause, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2024. The bipartisan Senate bill, the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women's Health Act, would create public health efforts to improve women's mid-life health. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    Actress Halle Berry joins federal lawmakers who introduced new legislation to boost federal research on menopause, at the Capitol in Washington, on May 2, 2024. School officials and advocates are paying more attention to the financial cost the health condition brings to schools and individual teachers.
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    Teaching Profession Talking About Menopause Is No Longer Taboo. Here's Why That's Good for Teachers
    One estimate says that schools experience nearly $800 million in lost productivity annually because of the health issue.
    Elizabeth Heubeck, July 16, 2026
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    Mayor Zohran Mamdani visits the Learning Through Play Pre-K in the Bronx in New York, Saturday, April 18, 2026. Mamdani, who was accompanied by former President Barack Obama on the visit, joined the New York City Council is backing a new college savings plan for families of young children.
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    College & Workforce Readiness New York City Is Giving $1,000 to Kindergartners for College. Will It Work?
    Backers of the program say it will raise families' awareness of the need to save for postsecondary study.
    Jennifer Vilcarino, July 15, 2026
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    Early Childhood Opinion Why Early Learning Classrooms Need More Chit-Chat
    Conversation is a vital pedagogical tool. Why is it waning in pre-K and elementary schools?
    Tia Henteleff, July 15, 2026
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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.
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    Mathematics Opinion Math Instruction Needs to Change. Here's How
    A lot has changed in math education in the last decade. Here’s what the next 10 years may hold.
    Larry Ferlazzo, July 15, 2026
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    Melanie Thomas plays with her autistic son, Luke, at their home in St. Cloud, Fla., on March 25, 2025. The local school district implemented changes that would merge more students with disabilities into mainstream classes. A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that the number of students who have disabilities and spend at least 40% of their school day in general education classes rose about 25% between the 2012-13 and 2023-24 school years.
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    Special Education More Students With Disabilities Are in General Education Classes. How's That Working?
    New report examines states' efforts to educate students with disabilities in mainstream classrooms.
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