Issues

February 7, 2018

Education Week, Vol. 37, Issue 19
Students walk through a dark hallway during a class change at Jaime Coira School in Ciales, Puerto Rico. The school has no power and only one generator.
Students walk through a dark hallway during a class change at Jaime Coira School in Ciales, Puerto Rico. The school has no power and only one generator.
Swikar Patel/Education Week
School & District Management Crumbling Classrooms and Power Outages: Inside Puerto Rico's Storm-Damaged Schools
Even in schools that are open, Hurricane Maria’s aftermath continues to pose physical and educational challenges for educators in still-recovering communities.
Andrew Ujifusa, February 1, 2018
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4 min read
Kate Rohdenburg, right, program director, and Chelsea Williams, head of prevention and education, at the WISE offices in Lebanon, N.H. WISE seeks to end gender-based violence through survivor-centered advocacy, prevention, education and mobilization for social change.
Kate Rohdenburg, right, program director, and Chelsea Williams, head of prevention and education, at the WISE offices in Lebanon, N.H. WISE seeks to end gender-based violence through survivor-centered advocacy, prevention, education and mobilization for social change.
Caleb Kenna for Education Week
School & District Management Could the #MeToo Movement Change Sex Ed.?
The #MeToo movement has brought widespread attention to gender-based harassment in all walks of life. Will it do the same for sex education in schools?
Stephen Sawchuk, January 26, 2018
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7 min read
Special Education From Our Research Center Racial Disparities in Special Ed.: How Widespread Is the Problem?
Fresh data show how few districts document disproportionality, even as the Trump administration looks to roll back a rule requiring more aggressive monitoring.
Christina A. Samuels & Alex Harwin, January 24, 2018
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7 min read
Madison Reid, a student in a combined 2nd and 3rd grade classroom, leads a discussion on good listening with her classmates during a morning session at Cleveland’s Wade Park Elementary School in 2015. Such classroom exercises are part of Cleveland’s districtwide social-emotional learning plan. Members of the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development have visited Cleveland to see the district's social-emotional learning strategies in practice.
Madison Reid, a student in a combined 2nd and 3rd grade classroom, leads a discussion on good listening with her classmates during a morning session at Cleveland’s Wade Park Elementary School in 2015. Such classroom exercises are part of Cleveland’s districtwide social-emotional learning plan. Members of the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development have visited Cleveland to see the district's social-emotional learning strategies in practice.
Dustin Franz for Education Week-File
Every Student Succeeds Act Experts Agree Social-Emotional Learning Matters, and Are Plotting Roadmap on How to Do It
A national coalition of researchers, policymakers, and educators has forged a consensus on why schools need to respond to students’ social and emotional needs.
Evie Blad, January 23, 2018
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5 min read
Tyler Bosmeny, CEO of ed-tech company Clever, is launching a new service that aims to track how students are using all the technologies in their classrooms. But one of Clever’s competitors, BrightBytes, suggests Clever does not have all the pieces of the puzzle to make this work.
Tyler Bosmeny, CEO of ed-tech company Clever, is launching a new service that aims to track how students are using all the technologies in their classrooms. But one of Clever’s competitors, BrightBytes, suggests Clever does not have all the pieces of the puzzle to make this work.
Mitch Tobias photo
School & District Management Ed-Tech Company Clever to Help Schools Track Tech Usage—For a Cost
After building a huge K-12 footprint with free solutions to address challenges, the company will charge schools to tackle of one of ed tech’s most glaring problems.
Benjamin Herold, January 17, 2018
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8 min read
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