October 9, 2019
Education Week, Vol. 39, Issue 08
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
What School Shooters Have in Common
Two researchers wanted to understand data-driven pathways for preventing school shootings. Here's what they found.
School Climate & Safety
Meet the Students Who Might Hack Your Schools
New research suggests that many young hackers tend to have the same qualities as other students who engage in more traditional troubled behavior.
Science
Who's Doing the Teaching After School Lets Out?
Faced with a push for academic programming, after-school providers are deploying new strategies to train and recruit effective educators.
Budget & Finance
Your Guide to ESSA's New School-by-School Spending Mandate
What's required? Who's reporting school-level data so far? And what's the practical impact for district leaders, principals, teachers, local policymakers, and the public? EdWeek explains.
Teaching
Students Learn More From Inquiry-Based Teaching, International Study Finds
A experiment involving 17,000 students in four countries finds gains for inquiry-, or problem-based teaching over traditional approaches.
Teacher Preparation
What the Research Says
Preservice Feedback and Practice Boost Teacher Effectiveness
New teachers face a steep learning curve, but preservice training that includes observation, feedback, and practice may give them a boost, finds a new study by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
School & District Management
What the Research Says
Incoming Kindergartners Are Less Ready Than a Decade Ago
Incoming kindergartners in 2017 started school with lower early-math and -reading skills than their peers nearly a decade earlier, though some achievement gaps closed somewhat.
Special Education
Letter to the Editor
There Is No 'Reading War'
To the Editor:
Education Week is a venue for the expression of opinions, such as Ms. Hood's, a "literacy expert," in the Opinion essay of Sept. 11, 2019 ("What the New Reading Wars Get Wrong"). She urges readers to clarify the term "reading" and points to a "war."
Education Week is a venue for the expression of opinions, such as Ms. Hood's, a "literacy expert," in the Opinion essay of Sept. 11, 2019 ("What the New Reading Wars Get Wrong"). She urges readers to clarify the term "reading" and points to a "war."
Special Education
Opinion
Stop Punting Dyslexia to Teachers. It's Everyone's Responsibility
Struggling to read is more than just a classroom problem—and teachers need support, writes Molly Ness.
Privacy & Security
Briefly Stated
Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed
A breakdown of high-profile news stories you may have missed during the week.
Assessment
Opinion
Can Standardized Tests Predict Adult Success? What the Research Says
There is a link between standardized test scores and later life outcomes. But is there causation? Researchers Dan Goldhaber and Umut Özek explore.
School Climate & Safety
Participate, But Know Your Place: Young Civic Activists Get Mixed Messages
Schools, celebrities, and lawmakers have long urged young people to get involved in local and national issues, but the young activists calling for action to stop gun violence or climate change find that their civic involvement isn’t always welcomed.
Law & Courts
School Districts Vow to Sue Juul Over Student Vaping
A pair of board resolutions in Kansas put the e-cigarette industry on notice at a time when schools are grappling with rampant use of their products by students.
Social Studies
Teaching Impeachment in Politically Risky Times
Civics teachers are at the frontlines of translating the impeachment process for the next generation of citizens.
School & District Management
Strike Date Set for Chicago Teachers
Unless they come to an agreement with the district, Chicago Teachers Union members plan to stop work Oct. 17. And the fight is about more than just pay.