Advocacy
Education news, analysis, and opinion about efforts by individuals or groups to influence education or school policy
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Teachers Are Organizing. But What About Teachers' Unions?
As teacher take the lead in protests over pay, unions face an uncertain future, writes Berkeley sociologist Bruce Fuller.
Families & the Community
Opinion
I'm a Veteran Teacher. Here's Why I'm Speaking Out
Many teachers have long tended to avoid activism, but that is changing, writes veteran educator Paula Reed.
School & District Management
Opinion
No, Teacher Strikes Do Not Help Students
When teachers use their students as leverage, they damage their own professionalism, write William J. Bennett and Karen Nussle.
Families & the Community
Opinion
Haven't We Done This Before?
Learning Forward is ready to fight for Title II funding for fiscal year 2019 -- with your help.
Education
Advocacy Groups Keep Tabs on School Choice, Data Legislation
As state legislatures continue to wrap up business for the year, the Data Quality Campaign and EdChoice take a look at how data and school choice issues were faring among lawmakers.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
I'm an Arizona Teacher. This Is Why I'm Walking Out Today
Grossly underpaid teachers are taking drastic action to demand the respectable salaries they deserve, writes Donald R. Sheldon.
School Climate & Safety
Next Goal for Student Gun-Control Activists: Win at the Polls
After turning out massive crowds of protesters, those pushing for tighter gun restrictions in the wake of school shootings face the practical challenges of election-year turnout and polarized legislatures.
School Climate & Safety
Teacher Voices From the 'March for Our Lives' (Videos)
Education Week asked educators how their schools have been affected by gun violence and how they felt about calls to arm teachers.
School Climate & Safety
'March for Our Lives' Draws Massive Crowds Pushing for Tighter Gun Restrictions
Hundreds of thousands of students, parents, educators, and others demonstrated in Washington and nationwide to press for stricter gun laws.
School Climate & Safety
Will 'March for Our Lives' Win the Stricter Gun Laws Students Demand?
Students from the Florida school where 17 were killed last month ignited the movement fueling demonstrations this weekend in the nation’s capital and hundreds of sites nationwide.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Why We Didn't Allow the Students in Our District to Participate in the Walkout
Not all students in Bellefonte, Pa., honored the Parkland shooting victims by following district policy, explains their superintendent Michelle Saylor.
School Climate & Safety
Student Activists and Celebrity Donors: Who's Behind the 'March for Our Lives'
A planned mass rally in the nation's capital and satellite events in other cities aim to keep activists' sights trained on gun violence and school safety.
School & District Management
In Response to Mass Student Walkouts, Conservatives Largely Stay Silent
By some estimates, 1 million students walked out of schools to honor the Parkland, Fla., victims and call for stricter gun laws, while Republican politicians all but ignored them.
School & District Management
Student Walkout Taps Well of Anger, Mourning Over Gun Violence
The thousands who left their schools nationwide to mark the Feb. 14 shootings in Parkland, Fla., rode a dramatic wave of youth activism tinged with sadness about those killed in their schools and communities.