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Teaching
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The Overlooked Way to Think Creatively When Solving Problems
In our eagerness to add options and opportunities, we forget the power of subtraction. Here’s how to brainstorm more effectively.
Teaching
Opinion
'Cultivating Student Questioning Is Not a Onetime Thing'
Five educators and authors discuss ways to cultivate students asking questions, including through "question-storming."
Classroom Technology
Opinion
Getting Ed Tech Wrong Would Be a Bitter Pandemic Legacy
Bad ed-tech habits that formed during the shutdown risk compromising instruction and even slowing the return to school next fall.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
Where Does Social-Emotional Learning Go Next?
Teachers, students, and parents all want more social-emotional and service learning in schools. The pandemic has only heightened that need.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Is Your District Reinforcing Systemic Racism?
Leaders must ask if their vision of student success reflects what Black and brown families say is most important.
Assessment
Opinion
What State Tests Are (and Aren't) Good For
Spring 2021 testing is happening. That can be a good thing—if the goal is about more than school accountability.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
How Much Will the Pandemic Widen Testing Gaps?
Without substantial investment in their learning, the life chances of children from low-income families are threatened.
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Special Report
Student Mental Health: Helping a Generation Cope With COVID-19’s Fallout
The pandemic's toll on student mental health may not be fully understood for years. Here's how educators are responding.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
How to Get Black History Right: A Series
What does it mean to be an educator of Black history? Educators, students, and historians explore.
Special Report
Big Ideas for Confronting Racism in Education
There’s no single solution for combating anti-Black racism in 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.
- College & Workforce Readiness Letter to the Editor How We Can Improve College-Completion RatesEarly- and middle-college high schools have the potential to improve college completion rates, says this letter to the editor.
Teaching Opinion 10 Strategies for Encouraging Students to Ask QuestionsFour educators share ways to encourage students to ask questions, including the "Notice & Wonder" routine.
Professional Development Opinion How Can Coaches Use a Cycle of Inquiry to Establish Themselves and Help Others?A cycle of inquiry can both help coaches establish themselves and help those they coach develop areas of improvement.
School & District Management Opinion Education Researchers Should Think More About Educators: Notes From AERASteve Rees, founder of School Wise Press, posits AERA reflects a community of researchers too focused on what they find interesting.
Student Well-Being Opinion The One Thing Teachers Do That Hurts Student MotivationWhen adults take over on a challenging task, kids are more likely to quit sooner on the next one. Here’s what to do instead.
Teaching Opinion Teachers 'Need a Whole Board of Advisers'Four teachers share recommendations about who they should turn to for advice, including students and colleagues they respect.
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America’s criminal justice system is in crisis and calls for reform are dominating the national debate. Join Cato’s Sphere Education Initiative and Education Week for a webinar on criminal justice and policing featuring the nation’s
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As school districts plan to welcome students back into buildings for the upcoming school year, this is the perfect time to take a hard look at both our practices and our systems to build a
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What technology is needed in a post pandemic district? Learn how changes in education will impact development of new technologies.
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Assessment Opinion The National Assessment Governing Board’s Troubling Gag OrderNAGB's recently released restrictions on how its board members can communicate set a troubling precedent.
Reading & Literacy Opinion Science of Reading Advocates Have a Messaging ProblemInvoking science isn’t all it takes to be credible, especially on a debate as charged as literacy education, writes Claude Goldenberg.
Social Studies Opinion Civics Ed. Is on the Precipice of Becoming Common Core 2.0Recent efforts to promote civics education suggest little was learned from the Obama-era dispute around the common core.
Teaching Opinion The Best Sources of Classroom Advice Are 'Teachers Who Are on the Ground Every Day'Five educators share where they think teachers should look for helpful instructional advice.
School & District Management Opinion Young People Have a Desire to Save Their World. How Can We Help?Young people have an interest in learning and an innate desire to be part of saving society. Why do adults stand in the way?
Teaching Profession Opinion It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Flowers? Mugs? We're Looking for Something MoreThis year, teachers were hailed as heroes then denounced as obstructionists, say seven State Teachers of the Year. Here’s what they need.
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As we move forward through the pandemic and its impact on learning during the 2020-2021 school year, districts are reimagining their summ...
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Discover how teachers are effectively using databases with insights from educators who use Gale In Context: For Educators to collect, org...
Reading & Literacy
Spotlight
Spotlight on What We Now Know: Literacy
In this Spotlight, review ways students can be supported; evaluate the struggles often seen when tech intertwines with literacy and more.
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Explore the idea of spaced teaching and practice for math instruction. Discover how to reduce forgetting and attain longer-term achieveme...