Student Well-Being
After a Rash of Student Suicides, This School District Stepped Up
Hopeless at first over a student mental health crisis, Colorado's Cherry Creek school leaders decided to build a day-treatment program.
School Climate & Safety
Q&A
How a Student's Push to End Paddling in Schools Became a Yearslong Civics Lesson
A student advocate pushed to end corporal punishment in his state.
Classroom Technology
Remote Learning Linked to Declines in Achievement, Enrollment
Districts that stuck longer to fully remote learning have seen larger enrollment loss.
School & District Management
Opinion
School Closures Are Coming. What Not to Do
What to factor when making closure decisions, according to two researchers.
Data
What Superintendents Say They Need More of to Help Them Manage Districts
98% of those surveyed said better data would make them more comfortable making decisions.
Science
Quiz
Do You Know as Much as Students Do About Climate Change? Quiz Yourself
Test your knowledge of climate change (and see how you stack up against high schoolers).
School Facilities & Design
PCBs, toxic chemicals once used in building materials, are disrupting thousands of schools.
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Special Education
See how schools are helping students with disabilities recover from pandemic disruptions.
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Social-Emotional Learning
Conversation around SEL has become heated as it faces parental and political pushback.
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Schools Trying to Prioritize Equity Have Their Work Cut Out for Them, Survey Shows
The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequities in education. Practitioners and researchers offer advice on how to move forward.
Schools Are Resegregating. There's a Push for the Supreme Court to Consider That
As the court weighs race-conscious college admissions policies, some say the needs of resegregating K-12 schools ought to be considered, too.
All That Ed Tech Schools Bought During the Pandemic Won’t Improve Equity. Here's Why
Product design, limited organizational capacity, and the dangers of digital surveillance are all barriers, four experts told Education Week.
Here's How the Pandemic Changed School Discipline
Students were suspended less frequently but Black, poor, and disabled students were punished at higher rates after the pandemic.
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Reading & Literacy
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Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Literacy?
Answer 7 questions about literacy.
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School Climate & Safety
Video
They Survived a School Shooting. Here’s What They Want You to Know
The survivors of one school shooting offer insight and advice to future school leaders dealing with similar tragedies in their communities.
Recruitment & Retention
Video
One District’s Transformative Solution to Its Staffing Shortage
A suburban Virginia school district overhauled its hiring process, enabling it to address a bus driver and teacher shortfall simultaneously.
School Climate & Safety
Video
How a School Shooting Survivor Found Healing in Activism
Voting for the first time has been part of one school shooting survivor's healing process.
Teaching
Video
Teachers, Try This: An SEL Lesson That Teaches Kindness and Empathy
See how this elementary school teacher uses an SEL lesson to teach students about the value of kindness, empathy, and the power of words.
School & District Management
Video
Exposed to Toxic Chemicals at School: A Teacher's Story
One former teacher shares how PCBs ruined her health and upended her life.
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Purchasing Alert
Texas District To Buy New Network Equipment; Missouri District Seeks Books
A district in Texas is looking for a network equipment refresh, while a Missouri district seeks to buy books.
Marketplace K-12
Amazon to Shut Down Online Course and Test-Prep Offering in India
The online retailer is phasing out Amazon Academy, a program designed to prep students for an engineering exam in India.
Marketplace K-12
School Groups Raise Concerns About Prospect of Big Changes to E-Rate Bidding Process
The U.S. Department of Justice has come out in support of the FCC creating a centralized document repository for E-rate procurements, a step the the law enforcement agency says could help root out fraud.
Purchasing Alert
Calif. District Seeks Enrollment Forecasting; Texas School Shops for iPads
A district in California is looking for student enrollment forecasting, while an Oklahoma school system seeks a talent recruitment strategy.
- LeadershipEquity & Diversity Researchers Search for Hidden Graves at Native American Boarding SchoolsThe bodies of more than 80 Native American children are buried at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in central Nebraska.
Students Have Ideas to Address Mental Health Challenges. They Want to Be HeardStudents have solutions that can help teachers and school leaders support youth dealing with stress, anxiety, and other issues.Policy & PoliticsLaw & Courts Supreme Court Won't Take Up Cases Seen as Expanding Schools' Liability for Sexual HarassmentThe court rejected appeals from a school district and university about when educational institutions may be sued for sexual harassment.
Georgia Educators Plan to Sue Over the State's 'Divisive Concepts' LawGeorgia's could be the sixth lawsuit to challenge state laws limiting classroom discussion of race and racism.Colorado Voters Say Yes to Universal Free School Meals. Will Other States Follow?Universal free school meal policies may be gaining momentum among states now that federal funding has lapsed.Teaching & LearningTeaching Profession It's a Nasty Cold and Flu Season, But Some Educators Are Reluctant to Take Sick DaysMany cite the pile of work—and lost learning—that accumulates when they take time off.
Here's What Separates the Best Teacher Mentors from the Just-Sort-of-OK OnesThey're empathetic listeners who offer lots of constructive feedback, our readers say.The Architects of the Standards Movement Say They Missed a Big PieceDecisions about materials and methods can lead to big variances in the quality of instruction that children receive.TechnologyClassroom Technology How This Superintendent Is Leaning Into Tech and SEL to Boost Kids' Reading SkillsTech and social-emotional learning strategies aim to improve poor reading achievement.
VR Devices Collect 'Intimate' Data, Lack Privacy Protections. Should Schools Invest?A nonprofit examined the most popular VR devices on the market and found privacy problems with all of them.Students Are Turning to TikTok for Homework Help. Is That a Bad Thing?A survey found that 1 in 4 TikTok users in the United States use the platform for educational purposes.
