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Education news, analysis, and opinion about effective school and district leadership
School Climate & Safety
4 Ways Schools Can Build a Stronger, Safer Climate
A principal, a student, and a researcher discuss what makes a positive school climate.
Recruitment & Retention
Principals Can Make or Break Schools. How Districts Find the Right Fit
Gauging job candidates' readiness for the challenges of running a school is not easy.
School Climate & Safety
Schools Flag Safety Incidents As Driverless Cars Enter More Cities
Agencies are examining reports of Waymos illegally passing buses; in another case, one struck a student.
Professional Development
Principals Need PD, Too. Here’s What They List as Top Priorities
Teacher retention and improving academic performance often top the list.
School & District Management
Free Speech Debates Resurface With Student Walkouts Over ICE Raids
As students walk out to protest immigration enforcement tactics, schools face questions about safety and speech.
Student Well-Being & Movement
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Want to Start an Intergenerational Partnership at Your School? Here's How
Partnerships that bring together students and older adults benefit both generations.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Progress on Absenteeism Is Stalling. What Can We Do About It?
Recent attendance trends indicate that something fundamental about schooling has changed.
EdWeek Leaders To Learn From
We are excited to introduce our 2025 class of EdWeek Leaders To Learn From. These district leaders have shown persistence and creativity as they navigate the challenges facing schools in an increasingly diverse, rapidly changing world.
1 / 8[Kids] rise to the occasion over, and over, and over, and over again, if you have people who believe in them and people who remove barriers and put opportunities in front of them.
We knew from that point on that we had built a bridge, that our students could feel normal, they could play with their own siblings at home. And I think for us, that was everything.
When parents and students feel connected to school, they are more likely to come.
I’ve sat in a room with other educators and other HR folks, and they all agree, we need to pay teachers more.
When it comes to equity work, if you put your human hat on and don’t worry about the terminology or whatever...then we’re on to something.
If we want to fix this equity issue in terms of not enough girls and students of color enrolling in computer science, I believe we need to start them young.
It’s not just a one-off. It’s not just a program. Family engagement has to be embedded, just like curriculum and instruction.
If you choose nothing, then the world is going to take you where it takes you. Isn’t it much more powerful if you drive your own ship and guide your own path, so that you can actively make those choices, as opposed to the world making the choices for you?
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Artificial Intelligence
Live Online Discussion
A Seat at the Table: AI Could Be Your Thought Partner
How can educators prepare young people for an AI-powered workplace? Join our discussion on using AI as a cognitive companion.
Student Well-Being & Movement
K-12 Essentials Forum
How Schools Are Teaching Students Life Skills
Join this free virtual event to explore creative ways schools have found to seamlessly integrate teaching life skills into the school day.
School & District Management Heightened Immigration Enforcement Is Weighing on Most PrincipalsA new survey of high school principals highlights how immigration enforcement is affecting schools.
Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion Trump Cut—Then Restored—$2B for Mental Health. Is It Money Well Spent?Awareness programs have not fulfilled hopes for reductions in mental health problems or crises.
School & District Management ‘Band-Aid Virtual Learning’: How Some Schools Respond When ICE Comes to TownExperts say leaders must weigh multiple factors before offering virtual learning amid ICE fears.
School & District Management Opinion What a Conversation About My Marriage Taught Me About Running a SchoolAs principals grow into the role, we must find the courage to ask hard questions about our leadership.
School & District Management How Remote Learning Has Changed the Traditional Snow DayStates and districts took very different approaches in weighing whether to move to online instruction.
Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion Doing the Nearly Impossible: Teaching When the World Delivers FearVideos of Renee Good and Alex Pretti's killings are everywhere. How should teachers respond?
Mathematics
Spotlight
Spotlight on Creating a Positive Math Culture
This Spotlight explores instructional practices that help build students’ math skills, confidence, and willingness to tackle hard problems.
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Student Well-Being & Movement
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Spotlight on The Science of Self-Regulation: The Missing Foundation of Academic Success
This Spotlight focuses on ways to build students’ self-management skills, a foundational predictor of academic success.
Reading & Literacy
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Quiz Yourself: Is Your Literacy Plan on Track?
Where does your literacy strategy and goals stand? Is it going well, or does it need a little retooling?
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School & District Management Five Snow Day Announcements That Broke the Internet (Almost)Superintendents rapped, danced, and cheered for the home team's playoff success as they announced snow days.
Student Well-Being & Movement How This District Is Shrinking Students’ Screen Time—After the School Day EndsEngagement navigators in this district help students take advantage of the many available extracurriculars.
Student Well-Being & Movement Q&A Why This Expert Believes Social-Emotional Learning Will Survive Politics and AIAs the head of a prominent SEL group steps down, she shares her predictions.
Student Well-Being & Movement ‘Great Lifelong Habits’: How This District Is Keeping Young Kids Off ScreensCan a massive expansion of extracurricular activities help build social-emotional skills in early grades?
Student Well-Being & Movement One District's Battle to Curb Cellphones and Get Kids to Engage in Real LifeSpokane's leaders are pushing extracurriculars to help students strengthen in-person social skills.
Student Well-Being & Movement Want to Improve Tweens' Social Skills? Enlist Older Adults' HelpWhen a middle school was built adjacent to a retirement community, unlikely friendships grew.
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