Budget & Finance
Will Teachers Get Vaccinated for $1,000?
More and more districts are offering cash to employees who get vaccinated, hoping that the money will help tamp down COVID-19 spread.
School & District Management
5 Ways Districts Are Battling the Delta Variant Amid Political Upheaval
As concern about the Delta variant mounts, districts are entertaining a diverse set of ideas to keep students and schools safe.
Teaching Profession
'Here We Are Again:' Weary Teachers Brace for Another COVID School Year
With coronavirus cases surging due to the Delta variant, and mask mandates off the table in some places, teachers say they're worried once again.
School & District Management
Opinion
One Simple Way for Principals to Boost Students’ Unfinished Learning
Instruction improves when teachers remain in their current grades, write researchers Heather C. Hill and Susanna Loeb.
Equity & Diversity
A $5 Million Fine for Classroom Discussions on Race? In Tennessee, This Is the New Reality
A Tennessee mother has already filed a complaint that a lesson on Ruby Bridges and Martin Luther King Jr. made white students uncomfortable.
Teaching Profession
Students Are Getting Mental Health Days. So Why Don't Teachers?
As the push grows for student mental health days, a Maryland teenager advocates for giving the same to teachers.
Coronavirus
COVID-19 has upended America’s K-12 education system. See how schools are being impacted.
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Reopening
The latest news and insights on the debate over when, and if, to reopen school buildings.
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Student Learning
The pandemic has disrupted schooling for more than a year, leading to concerns over learning loss.
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'Is This Going to Piss People Off?' How to Make Tough Tech Decisions
The reopening of schools carries with it a host of technology decisions that could have an outsized impact on students' and teachers' lives.
Personalized Learning’s Big Test Is Coming This School Year
As schools try to repair the damage of COVID-19 and racial injustice, it's now or never for the much-hyped personalized learning movement.
Accelerating Learning: Tech Advice to Make It Happen
Accelerating learning through technology isn't as easy as putting a kid in front of a computer, experts and educators say.
Don't Buy 'Stupid Stuff:' Essential Advice for Technology Purchasing
School districts have more digital devices on their hands than ever before. Here's what they can do to get the biggest bang for their buck.
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Reading & Literacy
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Spotlight on Reading Intervention 2021
In this Spotlight, review data on reading learning gaps, assess the tasks ahead for educators teaching young learners, and more.
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Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Student Achievement?
Quiz Yourself: How is your district doing with student achievement?
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Special Education
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Making a Difference for Students With Learning Differences 1 on 1
Eye to Eye pairs younger students with learning differences with older students with the same challenges to show them they’re not alone.
Equity & Diversity
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Why This Latino Teacher Is the Educator His Latinx Students Need
Latinx students are the least likely to have a teacher who looks like them. A Latino teacher on why a reflective teacher population matters.
Equity & Diversity
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These Schools Served Black Students During Segregation. There's a Fight to Preserve Them
A look at how Black people managed to grow a solid middle class without access to so many of America’s public schools.
Equity & Diversity
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The Fight to Preserve Rosenwald Schools
Jane Carpenter Pollard, alumna of the historic Scrabble School located in Rappahannock County, Va. She and her six siblings attended the Rosenwald school.
Law & Courts
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The Supreme Court's Vulgar Snapchat Ruling and What It Means for Students' Free Speech
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former high school cheerleader after she was suspended from the team over a vulgar Snapchat post. Here's what the high court said.
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North Carolina District Accepts Bids for Core Math Curriculum; Texas District to Buy Wellness Program
North Carolina's largest district plans to purchase core math curriculum, while a Wisconsin district intends to buy English language development curricula for middle and high school.
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What District Officials Love — and Hate — About “Learning Loss”-Focused Products
EdWeek Market Brief surveyed district administrators, principals, and teachers about whether they have a positive or negative view of products designed to curb "learning loss" -- and why.
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Minnesota District Looks for Consultant on Capital Planning; N.C. School System to Buy Workforce Data Platform
A Mississippi school system is seeking to buy an integrated assessment and instructional system, and a North Carolina district wants a postsecondary and workforce data system.
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New California Law Pours Money Into Open Educational Resources
A budget measure signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom bankrolls the development of openly licensed materials at the higher education level, but it could have implication for K-12, too.
- LeadershipSchool & District Management 4 Ways to Keep Staff and Students Safe From the Delta VariantJust as schools reopen, a super-contagious COVID-19 variant is infecting people nationwide at alarming rates. Here's what schools can do.
A View From the Hot Seat: How One District Leader Is Confronting COVID-19's Latest TwistsAn assistant superintendent in Texas talks about how to keep the pandemic in check for the new school year even as the Delta variant spreads.Statistics on School Sports: How Many Students Play Sports? Which Sports Do They Play?Browse key data on school sports, including how often girls and boys are participating and which ones they are choosing to play.Policy & PoliticsStates States Pressured to Rethink Bans on School Mask Mandates as COVID Delta Variant SurgesMasks are a key tool for COVID-19 prevention, but many states have banned schools from requiring them. Some are rethinking those policies.
California Students Unfazed by Mask Rule. It’s ‘Second Nature’ NowMany students seem to have adapted quickly and say they would much rather be in school with their friends than at home on a computer.As New COVID Concerns Emerge, Biden Administration Keeps Focus on School ReopeningsAmid new COVID-19 concerns, the Biden administration kept its focus on in-person learning, stressing the need for safety precautions.Teaching & LearningTeaching Profession In N.Y., Union Opposes Governor’s Call for a Vaccine Mandate for TeachersGov. Cuomo said Monday that school districts should have policies in which teachers should either have the vaccine or be tested.
Robert Moses, 1960s Civil Rights Activist and Math Education Advocate, Has DiedMoses, who endured beatings and jail in the American South during the 1960s, later helped improve minority education in math.Educators of Color: Schools Need to Better Support Racial Justice EffortsA new survey of educators of color finds that few received any training for addressing racism and violence with their students.TechnologyClassroom Technology Want to Make Virtual Learning Work? Get Parents Involved in Meaningful WaysThe growth of remote and hybrid learning during the pandemic is showcasing the increasing role of parents in online education, study shows.
How to Make the Best Tech Decisions for Schools: A Downloadable GuideIdentify gaps, assess available solutions, solicit input from end users, and test drive new products, services, or approaches.Personalized Learning & Pandemic Recovery: 6 Big ConsiderationsSoftware alone is not the answer to getting personalized learning back on track, but popular new forms of schooling could help.
