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School & District Management Sometimes Principals Need to Make Big Changes. Here’s How to Get Them to Stick
School leaders need their community to take a leap of faith with them. But how do they build trust and conviction?
8 min read
Student Achievement From Our Research Center Who's the Real Audience for A-F and Numeric Grades? Hint: It's Not the Students
Traditional grading systems help parents—as well as colleges and universities—get a sense of how students are doing, educators say.
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Budget & Finance From Our Research Center When ESSER Funds Are Gone, Here's Where Districts May Turn to Fill Gaps
Districts will look to a range of funding sources to cover the services they've paid for in recent years with a surge of federal money.
4 min read
School & District Management Opinion What It Takes to Reinvent High School
How can district leaders launch innovative and successful schools?
6 min read
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Student Achievement What the Research Says How Absenteeism, Math Anxiety, and Other Factors Shaped the Troubling Results From PISA
Dire results on the Program for International Student Assessment should start conversations. Here's how.
5 min read
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Student Well-Being Opinion Is There a Secret to Faster Learning? Here’s What the Latest Research Says
Some students seem to learn quicker than others. But new research reveals that’s largely a myth.
Paulo Carvalho
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School & District Management Opinion Why Principals Need to Talk About the Israel-Hamas War With Our Teachers
What can we do when a difficult topic is brought up by students in classrooms? First, don’t leave teachers to handle it in isolation.
S. Kambar Khoshaba
5 min read
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Equity & Diversity Quiz Quiz: What Are the Challenges and Strategies to Diversifying School Staff?
Test your knowledge of recruitment strategies, the role of mentorship in retaining teachers of color, and more.
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  • A student listens to instruction during an 8th grade science class at Aptos Middle School on January 27, 2020 in San Francisco.
    A student listens to instruction during an 8th grade science class at Aptos Middle School on January 27, 2020 in San Francisco. Scholars and legal experts are still debating whether the Proposition 209 era in California offers lessons for the nation in the wake of the Supreme Court ending affirmative action in college admissions.
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    Equity & Diversity Will the Ban on Affirmative Action Hurt Diversity? Look to California
    Proposition 209 prohibited the use of race in education. Its effects were debated before the U.S. Supreme Court this year.
    Mark Walsh, December 4, 2023
    11 min read
    Educators chat with each other during the Edifying, Elevating, and Uplifting Teachers of Color conference in Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 20, 2023.
    Educators chat with each other during the Edifying, Elevating, and Uplifting Teachers of Color conference in Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 20, 2023. Retaining educators within the profession requires paying attention to the quality of induction support they get, ongoing mentorship, and how well prepared school administrators are.
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    Recruitment & Retention The Role Mentors and School Leaders Play in Retaining Teachers of Color
    Beyond higher pay, experts share key factors that can keep teachers of color in the profession and even at a given school.
    Ileana Najarro, December 4, 2023
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    Clint Mitchell, superintendent for Colonial Beach Public Schools in Colonial Beach, Va., visits a class at Colonial Beach Elementary School on Nov. 6, 2023. New EdWeek Research Center survey data shows how school leaders plan to go about boosting the diversity of their teaching corps.
    Clint Mitchell, superintendent for Colonial Beach Public Schools in Colonial Beach, Va., visits a class at Colonial Beach Elementary School on Nov. 6, 2023.
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    Recruitment & Retention From Our Research Center Districts' Strategies to Diversify Teaching Staff, in Charts
    New EdWeek Research Center survey data highlights how districts plan to recruit and retain more teachers of color.
    Ileana Najarro, December 4, 2023
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    Clint Mitchell, superintendent for Colonial Beach Public Schools in Colonial Beach, Va., visits a class at Colonial Beach Elementary School on Nov. 6, 2023.
    Clint Mitchell, superintendent for Colonial Beach Public Schools in Colonial Beach, Va., visits a class at Colonial Beach Elementary School on Nov. 6, 2023.
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    Recruitment & Retention How to Find—and Keep—a Diverse Team of Teachers
    Principals and district leaders believe diversifying the educator workforce is important—but recruitment and retention often prove tricky.
    Mark Lieberman, December 4, 2023
    8 min read
    Monterey High's Tyvonte' Cornish (94) tackles Odessa High's Ivan Miranda (13) by a shirt tail in the fourth quarter. Odessa High School played Monterey High at Ratliff Stadium in Odessa, Texas, on Aug. 30, 2019.
    Monterey High School student Tyvonte' Cornish, left, tackles Ivan Miranda, of Odessa High School, in Odessa, Texas, on Aug. 30, 2019.
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    Recruitment & Retention Athletic Trainers Are Often Missing From the Sidelines in School Sports
    Advocates say athletic trainers are in short supply, despite efforts to require schools to keep them on hand.
    Elizabeth Heubeck, November 30, 2023
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    Graham Bacigalupi, of Team Louisiana, watches from the dugout during the DYB, formerly Dixie Youth Baseball, Little League tournament in Ruston, La., on Aug. 8, 2023.
    Graham Bacigalupi, of Team Louisiana, watches from the dugout during a Little League tournament in Ruston, La., on Aug. 8, 2023.
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    Student Well-Being Kids Are Getting Priced Out of Youth Sports. How Schools Can Help
    The rising costs of participating in organized youth sports is making these activities unaffordable for many families.
    Arianna Prothero, November 30, 2023
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