May 13, 2015

Education Week, Vol. 34, Issue 30
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English-Language Learners Interactive Las estadísticas de los estudiantes ELL
Vea dónde viven los estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma y qué lenguas nativas hablan.
May 11, 2016
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English-Language Learners Interactive English-Language-Learner Statistics
See where English-language learners live and which home languages they speak.
May 11, 2016
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Education Beating the Legislative Odds
Getting a bill passed in Congress can be a major feat. Can you do better than the politicians?
May 13, 2015
Classroom Technology Grassroots 'EduColor' Group Spotlights Racial Inequities
A collective of teachers, advocates, and scholars is leveraging social media to elevate the perspectives of people of color in education policy discussions.
Stephen Sawchuk, May 12, 2015
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Debbie Cruger-Hansen, a 4th grade teacher at Mira Vista School in Richmond, Calif., integrates the teaching of technical skills such as keyboarding and online searching into regular lessons. One recent lesson had students use their tablet computers to find a document on disappearing honeybees.
Debbie Cruger-Hansen, a 4th grade teacher at Mira Vista School in Richmond, Calif., integrates the teaching of technical skills such as keyboarding and online searching into regular lessons. One recent lesson had students use their tablet computers to find a document on disappearing honeybees.
Eric Risberg/AP
Standards Common-Core Testing Drives 'Tech Prep' Priorities
As most states shift their required tests to computers, teachers are discovering that their students are missing key technical skills to show what they know.
Catherine Gewertz, May 12, 2015
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, speaks at a teachers' rally in Olympia a few days before the launch of a special legislative session dominated by the issue of education funding. Lawmakers must come up with a plan to increase K-12 spending in order to satisfy a state high court ruling.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, speaks at a teachers' rally in Olympia a few days before the launch of a special legislative session dominated by the issue of education funding. Lawmakers must come up with a plan to increase K-12 spending in order to satisfy a state high court ruling.
Ted S. Warren/AP
Law & Courts Washington State Lawmakers Clash on K-12 Funding
A special session over how to pay for basic education bares partisan divides over tax policy and questions about the fallout for districts and unions.
Andrew Ujifusa, May 12, 2015
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Teacher Aberdeen Rodriguez in her classroom at Green Central Park School in Minneapolis. Ms. Rodriguez, who has a "limited license" that expires this summer, is one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging that Minnesota makes it difficult for out-of-state teachers to obtain full licensure in the state.
Teacher Aberdeen Rodriguez in her classroom at Green Central Park School in Minneapolis. Ms. Rodriguez, who has a "limited license" that expires this summer, is one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging that Minnesota makes it difficult for out-of-state teachers to obtain full licensure in the state.
Bruce Kluckhohn for Education Week
Law & Courts Minn. Lawsuit Raises Questions About Teacher-Licensure Portability
A group of 10 educators claims the state erects arbitrary barriers to make it difficult for out-of-state teachers to obtain certification in the state.
Stephen Sawchuk, May 12, 2015
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stands among students at a press conference at Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore, after a meeting with federal officials that touched on issues ranging from recent unrest in the city to job opportunities.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stands among students at a press conference at Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore, after a meeting with federal officials that touched on issues ranging from recent unrest in the city to job opportunities.
Noah Scialom for Education Week
Federal Cabinet Officials Offer Aid Assurances After Baltimore Unrest
The heads of the Education and Labor Departments discussed ways the federal government could support the Baltimore community in the aftermath of last month's rioting.
Alyson Klein, May 12, 2015
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Student Well-Being Unions Back Scrapping Tax on High-Cost Health-Care Plans
The two national teachers' unions put muscle behind passage of the Affordable Care Act, but now support legislation to repeal a tax that stands to affect their members.
Stephen Sawchuk, May 12, 2015
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Sarah Cramer, a librarian in training, consults with Jay Wambere, a 5th grade student, about his LittleBits electronic music composition at Mitchell Elementary School in Ann Arbor, Mich. The schools i participating in the Michigan Makers program, a University of Michigan initiative that supports the use of maker spaces in schools.
Sarah Cramer, a librarian in training, consults with Jay Wambere, a 5th grade student, about his LittleBits electronic music composition at Mitchell Elementary School in Ann Arbor, Mich. The schools i participating in the Michigan Makers program, a University of Michigan initiative that supports the use of maker spaces in schools.
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Standards School Librarians Push for More 'Maker Spaces'
Librarians are showing growing interest in the "maker movement" as their roles shift from collectors of information to facilitators of project-based learning.
Jacob Bell, May 12, 2015
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Gifted Education Is About the Whole Child
Schools need to meet the social, emotional, and educational needs of their gifted students, argues Celi Trépanier.
Celi Trepanier, May 12, 2015
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English-Language Learners Opinion Bilingual Students Need Support in Their Native Language
The ESEA language policy does not reflect the critical role a student's first language plays in cognitive development, writes Joe Levitan.
Joe Levitan, May 12, 2015
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Teaching Profession Letter to the Editor Are Early-Childhood Educators 'Real' Teachers? You Bet They Are.
To the Editor:
At the end of the early-childhood-education classes I teach, we discuss issues related to professionalism. Recently, this conversation with one of my students took an unexpected turn when she asked me if she was a "real" teacher.
May 12, 2015
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Equity & Diversity Letter to the Editor Economic Hardships Need Not Mean 'Huge Deficits' in School
To the Editor:
In "Teachers' Ethnicity Matters" (Walt Gardner's Reality Check blog, www.edweek.org, April 15, 2015), Walt Gardner argues that we should work to diversify our teacher workforce, but cautions that this goal comes with a challenge—students and families who face economic hardships and bring "huge deficits in socialization, motivation, and intellectual development to class through no fault of their own."
May 12, 2015
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Reading & Literacy Letter to the Editor Reading for Pleasure Can Close 'Vocabulary Gap' at Any Age
To the Editor:
Children of poverty clearly have slower vocabulary development, and this appears to be related not only to the quantity but also the quality of their interaction with parents ("Research on Quality of Conversation Holds Deeper Clues Into Word Gap," April 22, 2015).
May 12, 2015
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Education Correction Corrections
Baker Kurrus, a lawyer, will be the new superintendent of the 25,000-student Little Rock district in Arkansas.
May 12, 2015
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Baker Kurrus
Baker Kurrus
Education News in Brief Transitions
William J. Bushaw, a former teacher and a veteran of the worlds of research and state education policy, has been selected as the new executive director of the National Assessment Governing Board.
May 12, 2015
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Education Best of the Blogs Blogs
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May 12, 2015
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School Choice & Charters Efforts to Regulate Home Schooling Rekindle Controversies
As state policymakers push for more oversight of home schooling families, advocates for education at home are split over how much regulation is necessary.
Arianna Prothero, May 12, 2015
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Assessment News in Brief Officials in Ariz. Seek Probe of Suspected Cheating
The state education department invalidated a number of 2014 tests at the schools because of answers being changed.
The Associated Press, May 12, 2015
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Student Well-Being News in Brief Ariz. Students Vulnerable to Spread of Measles
Many kindergarten classrooms in Arizona are vulnerable to the spread of measles because so few children have been vaccinated.
The Associated Press, May 12, 2015
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Student Well-Being News in Brief Calif. on Path to Banning Schools' Use of 'Redskins'
The California Assembly approved a bill last week that would prohibit public schools from using "Redskins" as a school or team name, mascot, or nickname.
Bryan Toporek, May 12, 2015
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School & District Management News in Brief Texas Moves to Eliminate High School Steroids Testing
The Texas Senate has voted to scrap the state's high school steroids-testing program after more than 60,000 tests caught just a handful of cheaters since 2007.
The Associated Press, May 12, 2015
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Ed-Tech Policy News in Brief Privacy Ratings Underway for Ed-Tech Products
More than 20 districts are working with Common Sense Media to establish a system that will rate the privacy policies on ed-tech products used by schools.
Michele Molnar, May 12, 2015
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School Climate & Safety News in Brief Families Sue Calif. District for Teacher's Alleged Abuses
Six families are suing a Northern California school district where a special education teacher has been charged with child abuse and battery for allegedly mistreating children in her classroom.
The Associated Press, May 12, 2015
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Assessment Report Roundup States Are Extending Mandates For Compulsory Education
As states look to prepare students for 21st century jobs, many have extended the upper and lower limits of their compulsory education requirements.
Lillian Mongeau, May 12, 2015
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School & District Management Report Roundup Students With Disabilities
A small percentage of children who had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as toddlers no longer showed symptoms of the disorder four years later, but most continued to have emotional or learning disorders, according to a study.
Christina A. Samuels, May 12, 2015
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Law & Courts News in Brief Student's Facebook Rant Ruled Free Speech
A federal judge has ruled that an Oregon 8th grader's rant to a friend on Facebook about his health teacher was protected free speech.
Mark Walsh, May 12, 2015
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Science Report Roundup Science Education
A recent survey found that 80 percent of respondents were familiar with the Next Generation Science Standards, and of those, 60 percent held a favorable view of them.
Liana Loewus, May 12, 2015
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