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School Climate & Safety FAQs: What Schools Should Know About E-Bikes
Answers to seven questions about students' e-bike use and how schools are responding.
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School & District Management Q&A Why Principals Are Key to Solving Schools’ Biggest Problems
Improving school leaders can improve schools. Why aren’t states making the connection?
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School & District Management Opinion What Happens When an Improv Comedian Runs a School
My side job on the comedy stage has made me a stronger principal.
Josh Roberts
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School & District Management School Board Conflict Surged During the Pandemic. Has It Gone Away?
New research reveals how school boards navigated heightened levels of conflict in recent years.
5 min read
Seminole County, Fla., deputies remove parent Chris Mink of Apopka from an emergency meeting of the Seminole County School Board in Sanford, Fla., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Mink, the parent of a Bear Lake Elementary School student, opposes a call for mask mandates for Seminole schools and was escorted out for shouting during the standing-room only meeting.
Seminole County, Fla., deputies remove parent Chris Mink of Apopka from an emergency meeting of the county school board in Sanford, Fla., Sept. 2, 2021, after he opposed a call for mask mandates and shouted. A new report gives a national picture of how school board conflict, including between boards and their communities, rose during the pandemic.
Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP
School & District Management Opinion The 3 Predicable Struggles That Thwart Education Leadership Teams
Even highly capable leadership teams can struggle to translate their strengths into school impact.
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School & District Management Education Week Wins National Award for Reporting on School Integration
Alyson Klein and Education Week's visuals team won an explanatory journalism award from the Education Writers Association.
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Susie Richard, a teacher at Columbia Elementary School, working with students during class in Columbia, La., on April 11, 2025.
Susie Richard, a teacher at Columbia Elementary School, working with students during class in Columbia, La., on April 11, 2025. The story of how three Louisiana schools were "paired" to produce a more integrated student body in Louisiana won an award for explanatory journalism in the Education Writers Association's annual contest.
L. Kasimu Harris for Education Week
School & District Management More Kids Are Riding E-Bikes, Causing Headaches for Schools and Hospital Visits
Districts develop new policies as students' e-bike use spikes—alongside crashes and traffic problems.
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HERMOSA BEACH, CA-NOVEMBER 10, 2023, 2023: People ride an e-bike on the Strand in Hermosa Beach. In Hermosa Beach, it's against city code to use electric power on the Strand, but many e-bike riders do so anyway.
People ride an e-bike in Hermosa Beach, Calif. School districts are developing new policies as students' use of e-bikes rise, as do related crashes and traffic problems.
Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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  • Shepria Johnson, lead for Concentric Educational Solutions in Michigan looks for a student absent from the Westwood Community School District near Detroit on April 11, 2024.
    Shepria Johnson, lead for Concentric Educational Solutions in Michigan, looks for a student absent from the Westwood Community School District near Detroit on April 11, 2024. A new study in Michigan finds some promising practices to curb student absenteeism that rely on home visiting and family engagement. But, it says, no one strategy is likely to work all on its own.
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    Student Absenteeism What Makes Some Schools Better at Building Attendance? There's No Silver Bullet
    "Deep" family engagement to boost attendance is promising, but schools must address the problem holistically.
    Evie Blad, May 29, 2026
    4 min read
    FILE - This photo provided by WOI Local 5 News in September 2025 shows Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts. (WOI Local 5 News via AP, File)
    FILE - This photo provided by WOI Local 5 News in September 2025 shows Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts. (WOI Local 5 News via AP, File)
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    School & District Management Ex-Superintendent Gets Prison Time After False Citizenship Claim
    Ian Roberts is likely to be deported to his native Guyana once he serves the sentence.
    The Associated Press, May 29, 2026
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    Boston Latin Academy student Lila Conley, 16, works on a pre-calculus problem during the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.
    A student, 16, works on a pre-calculus problem during a summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Aug. 1, 2023. A new report by two Stanford University researchers points to a range of trends in U.S. education that complicate the narrative of an education system in decline.
    Reba Saldanha/AP
    Student Achievement Are U.S. Schools in Decline? Two Researchers Question That Narrative
    They looked at a range of indicators that complicate the narrative of an education system in decline.
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    Shane Jackson, left, pets Sage, a therapy dog, while chatting with Sage's owner, Linda Buchs-Hammonds, at Valley View Elementary School on April 29, 2026, in Columbia Heights, Minn.
    Shane Jackson, left, pets Sage, a therapy dog, while chatting with Sage's owner, Linda Buchs-Hammonds, at Valley View Elementary School on April 29, 2026, in Columbia Heights, Minn. The suburban Minneapolis district continues to deal with students' trauma months after the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in the area.
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    Student Well-Being & Movement The Immigration Crackdown Ended Months Ago. Trauma Remains for These Kids
    Operation Metro Surge left an imprint on young children that could haunt them for years, experts say.
    The Associated Press, May 28, 2026
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    Audrey Deitz, a school bus driver since 2003 and for Windham Northeast Supervisory Union since 2017, makes sure everything is operating properly in Westminster, Vt., on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, as she gets ready for the upcoming school year.
    A school bus driver in Westminster, Vt., makes sure everything is operating properly on Aug. 22, 2025, as she gets ready for the upcoming school year. School districts across the country continue to struggle with bus driver shortages, and many educators say they have to take time away from their core duties to help out with transportation.
    Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP
    School & District Management Schools Hope They Can Replenish Their Bus Driver Ranks This Summer
    Without enough drivers, other educators often fill gaps. A new survey shows how often.
    5 min read
    ZeroEyes analyst Mario Hernandez demonstrates the use of AI with surveillance cameras to identify visible guns at the company's operations center, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Conshohocken, Pa.  With the increasing use of AI technology, security is changing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
    ZeroEyes analyst Mario Hernandez demonstrates the use of AI with surveillance cameras to identify visible guns at the company's operations center, on May 10, 2024, in Conshohocken, Pa. School district administrators are investing in acoustic monitoring and passive screening systems to try to make their buildings more secure.
    Matt Slocum/AP
    School Climate & Safety From Our Research Center See Which Safety Technologies Schools Are Betting On
    An EdWeek Research Center Survey finds that schools are investing in detection and AI-powered cameras.
    Jennifer Vilcarino, May 23, 2026
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