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School Choice & Charters
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Is Hybrid Home Schooling the Future of Education?
Rick Hess speaks with Mike McShane about hybrid home schooling, which combines the best of home schooling and traditional schooling.
Teaching
Opinion
Does Humor Help Students Remember?
If you want kids to pay attention to the news, new research shows that comedy might help.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
'We All Have LGBTQ Students, Whether We Know It or Not'
Three educators provide suggestions to support LGBTQ students, including respecting pronouns and having LGBTQ authors in classroom libraries.
School & District Management
Opinion
Pandemic Recovery Will Require the Best School Leaders
To face the education challenges of today and tomorrow, we must invest in the principal pipeline.
School & District Management
Opinion
Ed. Leaders: Discuss Race, Call Out White Supremacy
Downplaying the realities of racism leads to misunderstanding school problems and developing inadequate solutions.
School & District Management
Opinion
How I Survived Illness and Racism to Find My 'Tribe'
A Black school leader reflects on the hardest year of her professional life.
Accountability
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Absenteeism Is the Wrong Student Engagement Metric to Use Now
In a post-pandemic era for school accountability, let’s focus on measuring what matters.
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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.
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A Year Interrupted
When COVID-19 closed schools for millions of students, Education Week documented two seniors as they faced an uncertain future.
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