January 17, 2018

Education Top Teacher Stories of 2017: Education Week's Most Viewed

Take a look at the news and opinion pieces that resonated most with classroom educators this year.

Education Opinion Top Education Commentaries of 2017: Education Week's Most Viewed

To give a sense of which opinion essays our readers found most compelling in 2017, the editors at Education Week have compiled a list of our most-viewed Commentaries.

Teaching Profession Majority of Teachers Say Reforms Have Been 'Too Much'

Eighty-six percent of teachers say they've experienced changes on the job in the past two years, finds a new survey from the Education Week Research Center. For many of them, it's "too much."

Dobbs Elementary School in Atlanta was the epicenter of a 2007-2008 test cheating scandal that sunk the careers of dozens of educators and altered the education of tens of thousands of students. The plaque bears the name of Beverly Hall, the former superintendent, who was accused of being the ringleader of the cheating conspiracy, a charge she denied. Hall died in 2015 before standing trial.

Law & Courts A Cheating Scandal Rocked Atlanta. Efforts to Help Affected Students Still Fall Short

After the largest cheating scandal in U.S. history, the district attempts to give extra support to some students who were impacted.