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Families & the Community
Should Working With Families Be a Core Skill for Teachers?
Just half of educator preparation programs offer a course on parent and family engagement.
Families & the Community
5 Ways to Get Parents More Involved in Schools
Schools don't need an influx of money and resources to have effective family engagement, experts say.
Families & the Community
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DOWNLOADABLE: Best Practices for Building School-Family Relationships
Here are five ways to ensure schools are building trusting, long-lasting relationships with families.
Families & the Community
How a School Made Parents Central to Its Turnaround
A strategy to constantly bring parents into the school has been central to rising achievement at a Detroit-area elementary school.
Families & the Community
The Good (and the Bad) of Using Apps to Connect With Parents
Tech platforms are changing the way teachers communicate with families.
Families & the Community
What the Parents' Rights Movement Forced Schools to Do
Parents and caregivers are paying more attention than ever. Here's what that means for schools.
Families & the Community
Why This District Meets Parents at Home
Parent-teacher home visits are more than conferences. They're about forming trusting relationships.
EdWeek Leaders To Learn From
We are excited to introduce our 2024 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 / 6We’re trying to undo decades of old ways of thinking.
I want these kids to know: Just because you can’t sit down at a desk, read something, and get straight A’s, doesn’t mean that you don’t have something to offer this world.
I just want [students] to have all the opportunities regardless of where they live or the resources that their parents might provide to them.
It’s really about how we are aligning systems of support and enabling conditions around schools to best set them up for success. That’s really the bottom line.
Even when I was teaching, I really wanted to push the bounds of what school could be. I wanted it to be more like a home than a factory.
Technology nowadays, it’s a dime a dozen. You can throw whatever tech in there you want, but if people don’t care, if they don’t know how to use it, it’s a paperweight.
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Looking for ways to make math matter for all your students? Gain strategies that help them make the connection as well as the grade.
Student Well-Being New School Lunch Rules Will Change Menus. (Chocolate Milk Still Allowed)Newly unveiled school meal rules will limit sodium and added sugar.
School & District Management More School Workers Qualify for Overtime Under New Rule. Teachers Remain ExemptNurses, paraprofessionals, and librarians could get paid more under the federal rule, but the change won't apply to teachers.
School & District Management Opinion Principals, You Aren't the Only Leader in Your SchoolWhat I learned about supporting teachers in my first week as an assistant principal started with just one question: “How would I know?”
Student Well-Being Opinion To Boost Student Mental Health, Support TeachersOnce extra federal aid vanishes, teachers will be faced with serving in the role as ill-equipped mental health professionals.
School Climate & Safety Video WATCH: Columbine Author on Myths, Lessons, and Warning Signs of ViolenceDavid Cullen discusses how educators still grapple with painful lessons from the 1999 shooting.
School Climate & Safety From Our Research Center How Much Educators Say They Use Suspensions, Expulsions, and Restorative JusticeWith student behavior a top concern among educators now, a new survey points to many schools using less exclusionary discipline.
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During Distracted Driving Awareness Month this April, students at Gillespie High School are taking proactive steps to raise awareness and cultivate safe driving practices within their community.
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Spotlight on Empowering Educators and Engaging Students
This Spotlight will help you leverage technology to meet students’ individual needs, investigate how ed tech can help teachers, and more.
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Professional Development This Principal Knew PD Was Irrelevant. So He and His Teachers Changed ItA Vermont principal and teacher describe their school's new approach to PD.
School Climate & Safety 25 Years After Columbine, America Spends Billions to Prevent Shootings That Keep HappeningDistricts have invested in more personnel and physical security measures to keep students safe, but shootings have continued unabated.
School Climate & Safety How Columbine Shaped 25 Years of School SafetyColumbine ushered in the modern school safety era. A quarter decade later, its lessons remain relevant—and sometimes elusive.
Student Well-Being Opinion Farewell: Ask a Psychologist Says GoodbyeAngela Duckworth announces the sunsetting of the Character Lab and the Education Week Opinion blog.
Student Well-Being What’s Really Holding Schools Back From Implementing SEL?Principals see their schools as places that promote students' social-emotional growth.
Recruitment & Retention Signing Ceremonies Honor Students Who Want to Be TeachersIn a growing number of schools across the country, student-athletes aren't the only ones in the spotlight. Future teachers are, too.
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