Letter to the Editor
Education Week takes no editorial positions but welcomes the opinions, comments, and ideas of its readers. Here's how to submit a letter to the editor.
Recruitment & Retention
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Schools Are Choosing Money Over Experience. Educators Are Fed Up
A special education instructional aide shares her frustration with the lack of appreciation for and low pay of her position.
Student Achievement
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Students Need High-Dosage Tutoring
Education must address the crisis of illiteracy, writes the co-founder and CEO of Beyond Basics.
Assessment
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Grading for Growth Through Competency-Based Education
Competency-based education can better prepare today's children for tomorrow's challenges, writes this letter to the editor.
School & District Management
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Let’s Reimagine the Purpose of School
Let’s redesign our educational system to provide students with the knowledge and skills to achieve it.
Families & the Community
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Use Families to Help With Learning Recovery
Families can help with student achievement, writes the CEO and founder of Springboard Collaborative in this letter to the editor.
Student Achievement
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We Must Reimagine Our Ed. System, NAEP Results Show
Let’s use this as an opportunity to reenvision how our education system operates, says this letter to the editor.
Reading & Literacy
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Use Letters to the Editor During Writing Instruction
Letters to the editor provide an outlet for students' emotions, writes Walt Gardner in this letter to the editor.
Classroom Technology
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Schools Need a Computer Literacy Curriculum
It is irresponsible to give students computers and not invest in training, writes a teacher in this letter to the editor.
Student Well-Being & Movement
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Schools Need to Cut Back on the ‘Filler’
Removing the 'filler' in schools would likely have a bigger effect on student well-being than later start times, writes a retired teacher.
Recruitment & Retention
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Let’s Think About How to Prevent Teacher Shortages
We need to hold the career of teaching in higher esteem, writes an educator in this letter to the editor.
Teaching
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Looping Is a Must for Student Achievement
A teacher praises the benefits of looping in this letter to the editor.
Teacher Preparation
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Equip Teachers for a Technological World
Teacher-prep programs must better support future educators in adapting to the digital age, writes a teacher leader.
Teaching Profession
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Validated by EdWeek, Not by My Administration
"I feel like public school in America is broken," writes a former teacher in this letter to the editor.
Equity & Diversity
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An Educator Shares Lessons on Inclusivity From Preschoolers
Discussions involving equity, discrimination, and privilege resonate with preschoolers, writes an educator in this letter to the editor.