Student Achievement
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Students' Academic Skills Are Rebounding, But Not Enough
New results suggest that students may not fully recover academically before federal aid runs out in two years.
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Simple Advice for Effective Classroom Management
The five foundations for making your classroom somewhere your students—and you—are excited to be every day.
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Conservative Backlash Pushes Biden Administration to Dissolve New National Parent Council
Parent groups sued the U.S. Department of Education over the council, claiming it was unlawfully biased.
Student Well-Being
Flu, Colds, RSV: How Schools Can Help Keep Kids Healthy as Illness Increases This Winter
Drawing on lessons from the pandemic, schools can invest in air filtration and other tried-and-true health measures.
Recruitment & Retention
All Teaching Shortages Are Not Equal: 4 Takeaways From New Research
Teacher shortages aren't the same everywhere. But they're real, and they haven't subsided.
Student Achievement
What the Research Says
This One Change From Teachers Can Make Homework More Equitable
Homework policies can exacerbate inequities among students. Here's how teachers can help.
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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This Spotlight will help you discover how video games can improve students’ memorization, how tech can help English learners, and more.
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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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Wisconsin District Seeks Tech Experiences; Georgia School System To Buy Decodable Libraries
A district in Wisconsin is looking for a coding and/or technology experience for students, while a Georgia district seeks decodable libraries.
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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.
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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.
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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.
- LeadershipRecruitment & Retention Schools Don't Embrace Flexible Work: Ideas From 3 Superintendents on How to Do ItSchools' traditional schedules and practices can be adapted to support some flexible work options, even for teachers.
Student Lunch Debt Is Expected to Rise. TikTokers to the Rescue?The heartwarming phenomenon can solve local issues, but probably not what's expected to be a nationwide rise in lunch debt.Incarcerated LGBTQ Youth Are Struggling. Here's How Bad It IsLGBTQ youth in juvenile detention centers face far greater mental health challenges compared with those in public schools.Policy & PoliticsEducation Funding Big Money for Schools, No Strings Attached: Will MacKenzie Scott Change Education Philanthropy?Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave millions of dollars to dozens of districts and charter schools.
How a Divided Congress Will Influence K-12 Education PolicyThe U.S. Senate and House of Representatives education committees will have new leaders in January.Charter School Enrollment Holds Steady After Big Early Pandemic GrowthThe numbers show that most students who left their district schools in the first year of the pandemic did not return.Teaching & LearningSocial Studies Social Studies Leaders Vow Not to Water Down 'Hard History'Speakers at a major conference urged teachers to document how their teaching reflects state standards and themes of democracy and civics.
Feds Flag Districts' Failures to Serve Students With Disabilities. But That’s Only the StartFairfax County Schools in Virginia agreed to evaluate students with disabilities for extra services following school closures.How One High School Teacher Builds Vocabulary, and Rapport, With Her StudentsBeth Knapp uses old words and modern-day vernacular to stretch her students' language skills.TechnologyClassroom Technology 'Gas' Is the Latest App to Catch Fire With Kids. What You Need to Know About ItThe app is taking off with high schoolers, but experts caution that it has downsides.
Schools Plan to Do More Business Online. But Most Don't Plan to Teach That WayOnline professional development, conferences, and parent meetings are likely to stick around after the pandemic ends.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.
