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.
States
States Pressured to Rethink Bans on School Mask Mandates as COVID Delta Variant Surges
Masks are a key tool for COVID-19 prevention, but many states have banned schools from requiring them. Some are rethinking those policies.
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.
School & District Management
Opinion
How Did Ed. Leaders Decide Whether to Reopen Schools In Person Last Fall?
As school leaders face tough reopening decisions amid Delta variant concerns, we must understand how those decisions were made last year.
School & District Management
4 Ways to Keep Staff and Students Safe From the Delta Variant
Just as schools reopen, a super-contagious COVID-19 variant is infecting people nationwide at alarming rates. Here's what schools can do.
School & District Management
Opinion
Schools Faced a Massive Systems Failure During the Pandemic. How Do We Fix It?
Education leaders can (and must) find common purpose in the face of COVID-19, writes one superintendent.
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.
Reading & Literacy
Spotlight
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.
Student Achievement
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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
Video
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
Video
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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Purchasing Alert
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.
Marketplace K-12
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.
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The Most Essential Features Districts Want in Social-Emotional Learning Products
EdWeek Market Brief surveyed district officials on which features of SEL products and programs are most important to them.
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6 Mistakes Education Company CEOs Need to Avoid in Their Relationships With Boards
Here are six mistakes education industry leaders said ed-tech CEOs should avoid when building and maintaining a board.
- LeadershipSchool & District Management 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.L.A. Unified to Require Testing of Students, Staff Regardless of Vaccination StatusThe policy change in the nation's second-largest school district comes amid rising coronavirus cases, largely blamed on the Delta variant.Policy & PoliticsFederal 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.
Biden Calls on Schools to Host COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics for Kids 12 and UpThe president is focusing on vaccinating children ages 12 and older as concerns grow about the Delta variant and its impact on schools.School Infrastructure Funding in Flux as Senators Advance Package Funding Electric BusesGroups are warning school infrastructure could get shortchanged as Democrats negotiate a sweeping $3.5 trillion budget deal.Teaching & LearningMathematics Obituary 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.Reading on Screen vs. Print: New Analysis Thickens the Plot on Promoting ComprehensionElectronic books could boost young children's comprehension more than print, but few enhance, rather than distract, new study findsTechnologyClassroom 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.
