January 16, 2019
Education Week, Vol. 38, Issue 18
School & District Management
Explainer
Education Statistics: Facts About American Schools
How many K-12 public schools, districts, and students are there? And how much are we, as a nation, spending on the education?
Law & Courts
On 'Teachers Pay Teachers,' Some Sellers Are Profiting From Stolen Work
In interviews with Education Week, some teachers said they’ve seen lesson plans they created being sold by other people on Teachers Pay Teachers, and that the company isn’t going far enough to stop copyright infringement.
Federal
Sen. Lamar Alexander, Top Capitol Hill Republican on Education, to Retire
The chairman of the Senate education committee and former education secretary announced he will not run for re-election in 2020.