Enrollment
Recruitment & Retention
From Our Research Center
Teacher Morale and Student Enrollment Declining Under COVID-19, Survey Shows
A new EdWeek Research Center survey examines what educators are thinking on a host of issues as they begin the 2020-21 academic year.
School & District Management
Could the 'Pandemic Pod' Be a Lifeline for Parents or a Threat to Equity?
As an uncertain school year looms, some parents are banding together to teach their children in private pods. Educators worry that the trend will worsen inequities and shrink funding for public schools.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Number of Homeless Students Hits All-Time High
An 11-percent increase in homeless students, including many without an adult to care for them, is posing challenges for schools from coast to coast.
Equity & Diversity
White Parents Say They Value Integrated Schools. Their Actions Speak Differently
A pair of new studies find that, when given a choice, white parents tend to send their children to schools that are predominantly white.
School & District Management
A School District in Fiscal Free-Fall Scrambles to Avoid Crash Landing
Emotions remain raw as educators and residents in a rural Wisconsin district dig for solutions after being denied the option of dissolving.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Open Enrollment Has Drained One District. It's Looking to Dissolve
Wisconsin’s Palmyra-Eagle district has lost more than half its students in the last decade, sparking a fiscal crisis. A special board is deciding whether the district should be allowed to dissolve.
School & District Management
What the Research Says
Race of Gentrifying Families Affects School Enrollment
Gentrification in the past decade is linked with declining enrollment in neighborhood schools—but the race of new families moving into the neighborhood changes the equation, finds a study in the journal Urban Education.
College & Workforce Readiness
Reported Essay
The Two Powerful Forces Changing College Admissions
Some colleges are rewriting the script for what they look for in potential students. Catherine Gewertz surveys this changing admissions landscape.
Equity & Diversity
Latino Enrollment Shrank Where Police Worked With Federal Immigration Authorities
Thousands of students were uprooted from schools over the last decade in communities where local police partnered with ICE on immigration enforcement, a Stanford study found.
Student Well-Being & Movement
The Saga of Ohio's Embattled E-School Is Coming to an End
A new state supreme court ruling will allow the Ohio state department of education to seek repayment of tens of millions of dollars from the beleaguered online charter school.
School Choice & Charters
Leader To Learn From
Giving Families an 'Equal Shot' at Finding the Right School
Education’s inequities are unacceptable to Mohammed Choudhury. As San Antonio’s chief innovation officer, he’s working to even the socioeconomic playing field and expand school choice. He is recognized as a 2018 Leader To Learn From.
Education
About 90 Percent of Puerto Rico's Schools Are Open, But Enrollment Is Down
On Dec. 1, we spoke with the island's Secretary of Education Julia Keleher about the state of K-12 there, and she gave us an update.
School & District Management
School Planners Face Daunting Task in Matching Facilities, Enrollment
Predicting and preparing for growth and deciding where to site schools forces officials to take the long view—and to expect the unexpected.
School & District Management
Which Large Districts Have Grown the Most Since 1988?
The Education Week Research Center looked at school districts with 20,000 students or more as of the 2014-15 school year and ranked how much they’ve each grown since 1987-88.