Issues

September 11, 2019

Education Week, Vol. 39, Issue 04
Joshua Gill, director of personnel and student services for Lower Kuskokwim schools in Alaska, recruits teachers at a job fair in Homestead, Pa.
Joshua Gill, director of personnel and student services for Lower Kuskokwim schools in Alaska, recruits teachers at a job fair in Homestead, Pa.
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Recruitment & Retention A Perennial Challenge in Rural Alaska: Getting and Keeping Teachers
Recruiters are offering bonuses, free housing, and airfare to entice teachers to their remote districts—and competition is about to worsen.
Victoria Petersen, September 10, 2019
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Second graders shake hands with classmates at Hagginwood Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif. The school uses small lessons to build social-emotional learning skills.
Second graders shake hands with classmates at Hagginwood Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif. The school uses small lessons to build social-emotional learning skills.
Salgu Wissmath for Education Week
Student Well-Being & Movement Can Bite-Sized Lessons Make Social-Emotional Learning Easier to Teach?
"Kernels," a method for teaching SEL skills through flexible, short activities, show early promise for making social-emotional learning instruction a reality in more schools.
Arianna Prothero, September 10, 2019
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Equity & Diversity Secessions Exacerbate Segregation, Study Finds
Court-ordered school desegregation has been more successful in the South than in any other region of the country, but researchers have noted a new threat: the growing number of communities that are seceding from larger school districts to form their own.
Christina A. Samuels, September 10, 2019
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Every Student Succeeds Act How ESSA Could Complicate Rural Turnarounds
Smaller school districts could face unique challenges in complying with the federal education law’s mandate for evidence-based strategies when it comes to improving their lowest-performing schools.
Evie Blad, September 10, 2019
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6 min read
Teaching Profession National Principals' Union Chases More Members
A national union for principals is campaigning to increase its membership, drafting in part off the momentum created by the surge in educator activism over the past two years.
Denisa R. Superville, September 10, 2019
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6 min read
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Curriculum Opinion What the New Reading Wars Get Wrong
Advocates for phonics and whole language need to start by agreeing on what we even mean by "reading," writes Mia Hood.
Mia Hood, September 10, 2019
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School & District Management Opinion What Makes Teachers Thrive?
Susan Moore Johnson: What a failed $575 million investment in effective teaching got wrong—and what truly successful schools get right.
Susan Moore Johnson, September 10, 2019
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5 min read
School & District Management What the Research Says Students' Letters to the President Reveal Civics Engagement, Style
Students' civic priorities can vary significantly by their family's income and racial background, finds a study in the American Educational Research Journal.
Sarah D. Sparks, September 10, 2019
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Teacher Preparation Opinion Teacher Education Needs to Acknowledge 'Whiteness'
Teacher education must help everyone think critically of the world to avoid perpetuating inequity, urges Hui-Ling Malone.
Hui-Ling Malone, September 9, 2019
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Teaching Profession The Push to Get More Teachers of Color in Special Education Classrooms
Eight in 10 special educators are white, but some teacher-preparation programs are working to make the field more diverse.
Madeline Will & Corey Mitchell, September 9, 2019
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7 min read
Education Briefly Stated Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed (Sept. 9, 2019)
In a new feature, Education Week catches you up on the week gone by with a thoughtful look at recent news in K-12 education.
September 6, 2019
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12 min read
Students at Minerva High School in Ohio retrieve their cellphones after an English class. They must store their phones before class starts.
Students at Minerva High School in Ohio retrieve their cellphones after an English class. They must store their phones before class starts.
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Classroom Technology Schools Say No to Cellphones in Class. But Is It a Smart Move?
A flurry of schools have recently put in place restrictions or bans on student cellphones, a change from previous more open policies.
Alyson Klein, September 6, 2019
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7 min read