Reported Essays
Insights and analysis from Education Week journalists based on their extensive coverage and expertise
IT Infrastructure & Management
Reported Essay
Internet Access Is a Civil Rights Issue
In the world’s wealthiest country, why is broadband access denied to so many and in such high numbers? Mark Lieberman investigates.
Teacher Preparation
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Teachers Can Take on Anti-Racist Teaching. But Not Alone
Teachers want to do better by their students of color, but many don’t know how. Madeline Will examines the gap between intention and action.
School & District Management
Reported Essay
Principals Need Help Building Anti-Racist Schools
Anti-racist school leadership is about becoming more racially aware and taking action, explains Denisa R. Superville.
Equity & Diversity
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Dismantling Systemic Racism in Schools: 8 Big Ideas
Get an overview of this fall’s Big Ideas special report, which is dedicated to addressing anti-Black systemic racism in schools.
Teacher Preparation
Q&A
We All Live Racialized Lives: The 'Identity Work' Teachers Need to Do
Understanding the Black experience also means seeing white privilege, writes education professor LaGarrett King.
Equity & Diversity
Reported Essay
Are Strained Police Relations With Black Teens a Solvable Problem?
A leadership program for young Black men looks to confront racism in law enforcement. Corey Mitchell explains.
Teacher Preparation
Reported Essay
You Have Anti-Racist Curriculum Resources. Now What Do You Do?
Teachers need spaces to explore how power dynamics have shaped the subjects they teach, explains Sarah Schwartz.
Equity & Diversity
Reported Essay
Do America's Public Schools Owe Black People Reparations?
School districts must make amends for their racist history, writes Daarel Burnette II. What should that look like?
Equity & Diversity
Reported Essay
Students Need Anti-Bias Training, Too
When a student noticed that no one was teaching her classmates about racism, she took matters into her own hands, Catherine Gewertz reports.
Curriculum
Reported Essay
The Myth Fueling Math Anxiety
One in 4 teachers feel anxious doing math. This is having a big impact on what happens in the classroom.
Ed-Tech Policy
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What Does Big Tech Want From Schools? (Spoiler Alert: It's Not Money)
As Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft make themselves increasingly indispensable in education, teachers are getting worried. Should they be?
School & District Management
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Local Journalism Is in Crisis. That's a Big Problem for Education
Local journalism and education are cornerstones of a functioning democracy. What happens when one crumbles?
Families & the Community
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Why Don't Parents Always Choose the Best Schools?
School quality isn’t always the primary driver of parent decisionmaking. So what is?
Assessment
Reported Essay
Who's to Blame for the Black-White Achievement Gap?
Why don’t black students perform as well as white students on tests? One reporter considers her personal history to understand this disparity.