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School & District Management
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Principals Respond to the U.S. Capitol Riots
How principals and teachers are talking (or not talking) with each other following the Jan. 6 violence.
Federal
Opinion
What Conservatives Should Be for When It Comes to Education
Education is ultimately about opportunity, community, and empowerment, and nothing should resonate more deeply with the conservative heart.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Tackling the 'Taboo' of Talking About Race & Privilege
Four educators share suggestions for books and articles white educators can read to learn more about race and racism.
School & District Management
Opinion
We've Got to Talk About Remote Student Absenteeism
What can we do when skipping school is as easy as not pressing a button, asks Assistant Principal Patrick Hunt.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
How to Make Anti-Racism More Than a Performance
Whether white people are ready or not, policies have to change, writes the co-founder of the Abolitionist Teaching Network.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
How Teachers Can Get America's Story Right
The attack on the U.S. Capitol shows why we need more inclusive schools, writes a teacher advocate.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Here's What Helped Me Make It to College
One first-generation American shares three ways to help students like him succeed in education.
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Big Ideas for Confronting Racism in Education
There’s no single solution for combating anti-Black racism in schools.
Student Well-Being
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How Students Find Strength Now: An Opinion Project
Students are carving their own paths in the pandemic. Educators and students explore what that means for schools.
College & Workforce Readiness
Documentary
A Year Interrupted
When COVID-19 closed schools for millions of students, Education Week documented two seniors as they faced an uncertain future.
Leadership
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The Principal Is In: An Advice Column for Principals
Two experienced former principals share their decades of expertise with their peers.
- Assessment Opinion To Keep Primary Students Learning and Growing, Start With DataA district’s dedication to gathering and analyzing data provides stability in uncertain times.Policy & Politics Opinion The Most Influential Education Researchers (in Charts)Where do they teach? Are they in red states or blue states? And how often were they cited on the topic of COVID-19? Check out the analysis.Leadership Education Researchers Need to Step UpWe're in the middle of a pandemic. Education researchers need more support to do their work.Policy & Politics Opinion Why Do So Many Ed. Researchers Ignore Politics?Yes, you can study politics without being a partisan hack. And to understand education, you must, writes a Brookings Institution senior fellow.Families & the Community Opinion Three Urgent Questions the Pandemic Raises for ResearchersThe American education system certainly didn’t win in 2020. The question is, will it learn?School & District Management Opinion A Road Map for Education Research in a CrisisHere are five basic principles for a responsible and timely research agenda during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Our new world has only increased our students’ dependence on technology. This makes digital literacy no longer a “nice to have” but a “need to have.” How do we ensure that every student can navigate
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Teaching Math in a Pandemic
Attend this online summit to ask questions about how COVID-19 has affected achievement, instruction, assessment, and engagement in math.
School & District Management
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Examining the Evidence: Catching Kids Up at a Distance
As districts, schools, and families navigate a new normal following the abrupt end of in-person schooling this spring, students’ learning opportunities vary enormously across the nation. Access to devices and broadband internet and a secure
- Student Well-Being Opinion How to Help Students Know When It’s Time to Quit—and When It’s NotWhether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right. Here’s how to consider the decision to persist or stop.Teaching Opinion Improving Instruction With Student DataThree educators offer ideas on how they use student data to improve their instruction.Reading & Literacy Letter to the Editor More Books, Not More PhonicsReading in areas of interest can help improve reading comprehension, writes a researcher in a letter to the editor.Federal Opinion What the Assault on the Capitol Means for EducatorsLast week's assault on the seat of the American government points to a larger civic challenge that we must address together.Teaching Opinion Using Data to Support StudentsThree educators write about how they use data to improve their instruction.Accountability Opinion What Should School Accountability Look Like in a Time of COVID-19?Remote learning is not like in person, and after nine months of it, data are revealing how harmful COVID-19 has been to children's learning.
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