Issues

January 8, 2020

Education Week, Vol. 39, Issue 17
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Curriculum Reported Essay The Myth Fueling Math Anxiety
One in 4 teachers feel anxious doing math. This is having a big impact on what happens in the classroom.
Sarah D. Sparks, January 7, 2020
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6 min read
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Ed-Tech Policy Reported Essay What Does Big Tech Want From Schools? (Spoiler Alert: It's Not Money)
As Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft make themselves increasingly indispensable in education, teachers are getting worried. Should they be?
Alyson Klein, January 7, 2020
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6 min read
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School & District Management Reported Essay Local Journalism Is in Crisis. That's a Big Problem for Education
Local journalism and education are cornerstones of a functioning democracy. What happens when one crumbles?
Evie Blad, January 7, 2020
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6 min read
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Families & the Community Reported Essay Why Don't Parents Always Choose the Best Schools?
School quality isn’t always the primary driver of parent decisionmaking. So what is?
Arianna Prothero, January 7, 2020
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6 min read
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Assessment Reported Essay Who's to Blame for the Black-White Achievement Gap?
Why don’t black students perform as well as white students on tests? One reporter considers her personal history to understand this disparity.
Christina A. Samuels, January 7, 2020
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6 min read
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Curriculum Reported Essay Studying Religious Texts in School Is Bad. And Good
Studying the Old Testament taught me to be intellectually rigorous, one reporter writes. But is it really possible to separate the religious text from the religion?
Stephen Sawchuk, January 7, 2020
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5 min read
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Social Studies Reported Essay Sure, We Teach History. But Do We Know Why It's Important?
It’s always been a struggle to teach history in a way that resonates with students—especially when we can’t agree on why we should.
Andrew Ujifusa, January 7, 2020
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5 min read
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School & District Management 10 Uncomfortable Truths About U.S. Education
In the latest edition of Big Ideas, Education Week reporters and editors question some of the basic assumptions that underpin public education and stand in the way of transformation.
Elizabeth Rich, January 7, 2020
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3 min read
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Law & Courts Reported Essay It's One of the Most Fraught Words in Education. What Does It Mean?
Loaded or empirical? Incendiary or honest? Unavoidable or misleading? There’s a big disconnect around how we use the word “segregation.”
Mark Bomster, January 7, 2020
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6 min read
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School & District Management Reported Essay Face It, School Governance Is a Mess
Centuries of fighting over racial justice, federalism, and taxation has left us a tangled web of K-12 governance. It’s time to start untangling.
Daarel Burnette II, January 7, 2020
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5 min read
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Artificial Intelligence Reported Essay Teachers, the Robots Are Coming. But That's Not a Bad Thing
Ignoring artificial intelligence won’t keep it out of the classroom. Instead, teachers should be actively shaping it.
Kevin Bushweller, January 7, 2020
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7 min read