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Professional Development Teachers Like It. Research Is Promising. Is This the Solution to Teacher PD?
A GAO report finds that teachers like collaborative teaching—and it has some preliminary research support too.
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Recruitment & Retention AI Is Changing Teacher Hiring. Here’s How
Teachers may not be aware that AI underpins both commercial and DIY hiring systems, raising concerns.
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Student Well-Being & Movement School Counselors’ Jobs Are Misunderstood. Why It Matters
New report examines the challenges school counselors are facing and how to address them.
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School & District Management The 4-Day School Week: What Research Shows About the Alternative Schedule
More schools have shifted to the four-day week. How common is it? Does it save money and attract teachers?
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Fifth-grader Willow Miller raises the U.S. and Nevada flags in a daily flag-raising ceremony to start the school day in Good Springs, Nev., on March 30, 2022. Teacher Abbey Crouse assists at right. The school, along with an elementary, middle and high school in neighboring Sandy Valley, are the only schools in the mostly urban Clark County School District to meet just four days a week.
A student raises the U.S. and Nevada flags to start the school day on March 30, 2022, in Goodsprings, Nev., where the elementary school meets four days week. A growing number of schools have turned to four-day weeks over the past two decades, sometimes for budget reasons, other times for teacher recruitment and retention. But the payoff isn't always clear-cut.
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Recruitment & Retention What the Research Says This State Invested in Helping High Schoolers Become Teachers. Did It Work?
The decade-old program significantly boosted the pipeline of diverse new educators.
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Learning Support Teacher Susannah Campbell speaks with prospective applicants during William Penn School District's teachers job fair at the high school's cafeteria in Lansdowne, Pa., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. As schools across the country struggle to find teachers to hire, more governors are pushing for pay increases and bonuses for the beleaguered profession.
Learning-support teacher Susannah Campbell speaks with prospective applicants during the William Penn school district's teachers job fair in Lansdowne, Pa., on May 3, 2023. New research of a Maryland program that develops high schoolers' interest in teaching shows that such efforts can pay off.
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School & District Management What's Your Educator Wellness Score? Here's How to Find Out
We curated a fun way for you to take care of yourself as you worry about students, colleagues, and your school.
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Recruitment & Retention Download Ease the Teacher-Hiring Process with AI (Downloadable)
Clear criteria and privacy protections are critical when using technology to smooth the hiring process.
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  • A faculty member at Findley Oaks Elementary School holds a Centegix crisis alert badge during a training on Monday, March 20, 2023. The Fulton County School District is joining a growing list of metro Atlanta school systems that are contracting with the company, which equips any employee with the ability to notify officials in the case of an emergency.
    A faculty member at Findley Oaks Elementary School holds a Centegix crisis alert badge during a training on Monday, March 20, 2023. Emergency alert systems have spread quickly to schools around the country as a safety measure. The nation's largest district is the latest to adopt one.
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    School Climate & Safety New York City Is the Latest to Deploy Panic Buttons in Schools
    The nation's largest district is the latest to adopt emergency alert technology.
    Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, October 31, 2025
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    Digital drawing of person meditating. Concept of busy life, busy mind and finding peace in all of that. SEL education emotional regulation.
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    Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion SEL Doesn't Need a Rebrand. It Needs Something Else
    Everyone in K-12 plays a role in ensuring social-emotional learning prospers, says Marc Brackett.
    Marc Brackett, October 31, 2025
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    Sylvelia Pittman stands for a portrait outside of Nash Elementary School in Chicago on Oct. 30, 2025.
    Sylvelia Pittman stands for a portrait outside of Nash Elementary School in Chicago on Oct. 30, 2025. She spoke with Education Week about the fears she is grappling with regarding immigration raids and federal agents' increased presence near her school.
    Jim Vondruska for Education Week
    School Climate & Safety Q&A Inside the Fear at Chicago Schools Amid Federal Immigration Raids
    Sylvelia Pittman has never experienced something like the current federal crackdown in her city.
    Ileana Najarro, October 31, 2025
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    Volunteers with Houston Independent School District and the Houston Food Bank distribute food on May 18, 2024, at Sam Houston Math, Science and Technology Center in Houston.
    Volunteers with the Houston school district and the Houston Food Bank distribute food following a destructive storm on May 18, 2024, at Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center in Houston. Schools, which often team with community organizations to respond to crises, are preparing for a lapse in SNAP funding that could leave students and some staff vulnerable to hunger.
    Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP
    Families & the Community Schools Scramble as SNAP Lapse Nears, Affecting Students and Staff
    Schools prepared by partnering with food pantries to provide food for families.
    Evie Blad, October 30, 2025
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    Fourth graders are served lunch at Heather Hills Elementary School in Bowie, Md., on Oct. 22, 2024.
    Fourth graders are served lunch at Heather Hills Elementary School in Bowie, Md., on Oct. 22, 2024. Statewide bans on synthetic dyes in school meals are gaining momentum, with one such ban already in effect.
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    Student Well-Being & Movement How Schools Can Prepare for New Restrictions on Artificial Dyes
    A district in the first state where such a ban has already taken effect has lessons to share.
    Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, October 30, 2025
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    Educators participate in a hands-on breakout session during a professional development training on AI at Louisa County High School in Mineral, Va., on Sept. 23, 2025.
    Educators participate in a hands-on breakout session during a professional development training on AI at Louisa County High School in Mineral, Va., on Sept. 23, 2025. Changing instructional practices haven't prompted districts to put more of their overall budget into ongoing teacher training, a new report concludes.
    Kirsten Luce for Education Week
    Budget & Finance What the Research Says Is Spending on Professional Development Keeping Pace?
    A new tool helps leaders map and compare spending for teacher learning.
    Sarah D. Sparks, October 30, 2025
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