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May 21, 2025

Education Week, Vol. 44, Issue 27
Vector illustration of a giant pair of scissors coming in the side of the frame about to cut dollar signs that are falling off of a microscope. There is a businessman at the top of a ladder looking down into the microscope at the dollar signs falling off the lense.
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Science National Science Foundation Cancels More Than 400 STEM Grants
Sarah Schwartz, May 2, 2025
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6 min read
Education Briefly Stated: May 21, 2025
May 20, 2025
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8 min read
Illustration of a professional woman represented by a clay figurine. Her hand is pushing a large graduation cap icon with other blurred icons in the distance.
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Professional Development Could This Tool Make Teacher PD More Relevant?
Caitlynn Peetz, May 6, 2025
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6 min read
Hispanic schoolteacher reading aloud to her young students
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Reading & Literacy What the Research Says Want to Improve Early Reading Comprehension? Start With Sentence Structure
Sarah D. Sparks, April 2, 2025
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2 min read
Illustration of a depressive boy that is sitting and thinking on a window at night (dark blue background)
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Student Well-Being Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ Sounds an Alarm on Troubled Teens. What Can Teachers Do?
Elizabeth Heubeck, April 25, 2025
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6 min read
A glowing open book with a glowing light bulb against a dark blue background.
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Reading & Literacy 'Science of Reading’ Advocates Underscore: It’s Not Just About Phonics
Sarah Schwartz, April 24, 2025
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7 min read
Photograph of a classroom of English learners at their desks with paper and digital tablets.
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English Learners Who Will Support English Learners? Experts Warn of Crisis
Ileana Najarro, April 21, 2025
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8 min read
Elena Gahan, left, and Bridget McDermott, right, listen as Amanda Pierman teaches her upper school science class at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2025. Pierman uses AI to help teach her classes and the student’s computers mirror the main screen. They are then able to answer questions live using their computers.
Elena Gahan, left, and Bridget McDermott, right, listen as Amanda Pierman teaches her upper school science class at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2025. Pierman uses AI to help teach her classes.
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Artificial Intelligence Trump Wants Teachers Trained How to Use AI. Will It Work?
Lauraine Langreo & Arianna Prothero, April 24, 2025
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6 min read
President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding education in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon watch.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding education in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon watch.
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Federal Trump to Schools: Banish 'Equity Ideology' in Discipline
Brooke Schultz & Evie Blad, April 24, 2025
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8 min read
An aerial view of a maze made up of 100 dollar bills with two clay figures. One looks like Trump with blond hair and in a blue suit with a red tie and he's waving to another white business man in a suit walking away from him.
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Education Funding The Big Questions About Trump's K-12 Budget Proposal, Answered
Mark Lieberman, May 5, 2025
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13 min read
A student participates in a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program at Easterseals South Florida, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami.
A student participates in a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program at Easterseals South Florida in Miami on Jan. 29, 2025. The organization gets about a third of its funding from the federal government. Supporters of President Donald Trump's plan to cut Head Start say it's ineffective. Advocates say they are oversimplifying key research.
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Early Childhood Trump Allies Say the Case for Head Start Is Weak. Researchers Say They're Wrong
Evie Blad, May 1, 2025
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9 min read
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Teaching Opinion How Teachers Can Ask Students Questions Their Phones Can’t Answer
Kim McWilliams, May 5, 2025
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4 min read
Reading scores are up! School children jump for joy because they have learned to read.
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Reading & Literacy Opinion Bringing the Science of Reading to Your School? Remember This One Thing
Scott Gaynor, April 29, 2025
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3 min read
Education Week opinion letters submissions
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Mathematics Letter to the Editor Math Mastery Starts With a Deep Understanding of Key Concepts
May 20, 2025
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1 min read
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Federal Opinion We’re All to Blame for What Has Become of the U.S. Dept. of Education
Michael V. McGill , May 1, 2025
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5 min read

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