Student Achievement
COVID Hurt Student Learning: Key Findings From a Year of Research
Our cheat-sheet tells you what the most important studies have found—and what we still need to know.
Student Well-Being
Sports Coaches Want More Training on How to Address Young Athletes' Mental Health
Many don't know how to connect their athletes to mental health supports.
School Choice & Charters
Charter School Enrollment Holds Steady After Big Early Pandemic Growth
The numbers show that most students who left their district schools in the first year of the pandemic did not return.
Classroom Technology
Schools Plan to Do More Business Online. But Most Don't Plan to Teach That Way
Online PD, conferences, and parent meetings are likely to stick around post-pandemic.
School & District Management
Opinion
To Have a Bigger Impact, Here's What You Should Stop Doing in Your Classroom or School
Teachers and leaders often want to lighten their load, but don't know where to start.
College & Workforce Readiness
Youth Apprenticeships Are Growing, But Disparities Remain. How Can Districts Help?
Encouraging more diverse groups of students to try the guided career programs can make a difference.
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.
Equity & Diversity
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Classroom Technology
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Spotlight on Engaging Technology Tools
This Spotlight will help you discover how video games can improve students’ memorization, how tech can help English learners, and more.
Teaching
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Spotlight on Effective Classroom Engagement
This Spotlight will help you learn best tips for getting students’ attention; engage both introverted and extroverted students; and more.
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English-Language Learners
Video
From Afghanistan to Austin, One Refugee Student’s Experience
After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Austin's school district received 319 refugee students. Here, one middle schooler's experience.
School Climate & Safety
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Marketplace K-12
States Ramped Up K-12 Spending in 2022, But Growth Likely to Slow
The increase in FY 2022 is more modest in comparison to 2021, when federal pandemic aid increased the money flow to state budgets.
Analyst's View
What Role Do Vendors Need to Play in Preventing Cyberattacks?
Stricter rules linking contracts to cyber protections could be coming to the education sector, predicts a leading expert.
Purchasing Alert
Maryland District Seeks Curriculum Audit; Wisconsin School System to Buy Social Studies Materials
A district in Maryland is looking for curriculum audit consulting services, while a Wisconsin school system seeks elementary social studies materials.
Marketplace K-12
K-12 Dealmaking: Promethean Acquires Digital Whiteboard Platform; Jeel Raises $1.1M Seed
Promethean's acquisition is part of a plan to provide rapid technology innovation to create new solutions that address teaching, learning, and collaboration needs.
- LeadershipSchool & District Management Someone Spread an Unfounded Rumor About Your School. Here's What to Do NextHoaxes have become more pervasive as political tensions rise in schools.
ACLU Texas Files OCR Complaint Over a District's Anti-Trans Book BanThe group claims the Keller school district's new policy to remove books about gender fluidity from library shelves violates federal law.Political Tensions in Schools Are 'Pervasive,' Principals SayHigh school principals reported high levels of student conflict due to political beliefs and parent efforts to limit curriculum about race.Policy & PoliticsEducation Funding What the Research Says Districts Are Spending More Per Student. Here's How to Make Sure All of Them BenefitNew studies suggest ways education leaders can make budgets bigger and more equitable.
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.Teaching & LearningTeaching Profession 'Gaslighting' Is the Word of the Year. Did It Haunt Schools, Too?The Merriam-Webster word of the year often intersected with schools and teachers in 2022.
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.TechnologyClassroom Technology Remote Learning Linked to Declines in Achievement, EnrollmentDistricts that stuck longer to fully remote learning have seen larger enrollment and learning losses, a study finds.
What Superintendents Say They Need More of to Help Them Manage Districts98% of those surveyed said better data would make them more comfortable making decisions.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.
