Issues

September 18, 2024

Education Week, Vol. 44, Issue 6
STEM
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Teaching Profession What Happened When These STEM Professionals Switched to Teaching
Lauraine Langreo, September 9, 2024
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9 min read
Education Briefly Stated: September 18, 2024
September 17, 2024
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9 min read
Karen language students work on a presentation highlighting historical figures during a Karen for Karen speakers class at Washington Tech Magnet School in St. Paul, Minn., on May 22, 2024.
Karen-language students work on a presentation highlighting historical figures during a Karen for Karen speakers class at Washington Tech Magnet School in St. Paul, Minn., on May 22, 2024.
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Assessment How a District Used the Biliteracy Seal to Expand Language Instruction
Ileana Najarro & Kaylee Domzalski, July 30, 2024
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5 min read
Illustration of a large brick wall with graduation cap and books on top of the wall and two silhouetted males sitting and standing at the base of wall and looking up.
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Student Achievement What the Research Says Socioeconomic Status Matters in Student Achievement—But It’s Not Everything
Brooke Schultz, August 23, 2024
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5 min read
People vote at Bedford Hills Elementary School in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
People vote at Bedford Hills Elementary School in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
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School & District Management Safety Risk or Civic Duty? Schools Can't Always Say No to Voters on Election Day
Mark Lieberman, August 23, 2024
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5 min read
School bus on rural route, Owens Valley, CA.
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Education Funding A Funding Lifeline for Rural Schools Is at Risk, and Not for the First Time
Mark Lieberman, August 16, 2024
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7 min read
Benjamin C. Ingman, center, former student of Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, is joined on stage by former members of the Mankato West High School football team during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago.
Benjamin C. Ingman, center, a former student of Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, is joined on stage by former members of the Mankato West High School football team during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago.
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Federal ‘Coaching and Politics’: What Coaches See in Tim Walz's VP Candidacy
Mark Walsh, August 29, 2024
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7 min read
Houses made out of 100 dollar bills and lined up in a row.
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Budget & Finance The Future of Property Taxes Is on Ballots This Fall. Why It Matters for Schools
Mark Lieberman, August 30, 2024
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4 min read
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gets a huge hug from students at Webster Elementary after he signed into law a bill that guarantees free school meals, (breakfast and lunch) for every student in Minnesota's public and charter schools in Minneapolis, on March 17, 2023.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gets a hug from students at Webster Elementary School in Minneapolis on March 17, 2023, after he signed into law a bill that guarantees free school meals for every student in Minnesota's public and charter schools. Free school meals have become a campaign issue since Walz was named Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate on the Democratic ticket.
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Student Well-Being How Free School Meals Became an Issue Animating the 2024 Election
Libby Stanford, September 4, 2024
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6 min read
Newspaper with ads for vacancy School teacher.
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Recruitment & Retention Q&A How This District Lowered Its Teacher Vacancy Rate to Almost Zero
Elizabeth Heubeck, September 10, 2024
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7 min read
Image of a man in a suit entering a public school building.
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Teaching Profession Q&A A Job in the White House Didn't Prepare This Teacher for Returning to the Classroom
Alyson Klein, September 9, 2024
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5 min read
Whales flying in the sky above dreamlike mountains. Surreal image of creative thoughts. Childhood imagination.
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Teaching Opinion My Students 'Flow' Their Way to Joyful Learning. Yours Can, Too
Kristin Murphy, September 5, 2024
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4 min read
Business training in company. Speaker, mentor near board teach office personnel. Professional coach on leadership lecture, conference. Students group study on seminar.
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School & District Management Opinion We Started Running Our School District Like a Business. Here’s What Happened
Robert F. Hill & Amy Stacy, September 6, 2024
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5 min read
Stark empty tree branches form a human head stretching upward. Tiny buds are beginning to bloom on the barren branches.
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Teaching Profession Opinion How Educators Can Create Space for Their Grief
Carolynn Spezza, September 3, 2024
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4 min read

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