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Special Report Beyond 3rd Grade: What to Do When Older Students Struggle to Read
Many secondary students also struggle with basic reading. How can schools catch them up?
November 24, 2025
Students follow along in their copies of “Among the Hidden” by Margaret Peterson Haddix in a seventh grade reading class at Bow Memorial School in Bow, N.H., on Oct. 29, 2025.
Students follow along in their copies of <i>Among the Hidden</i> by Margaret Peterson Haddix in a seventh grade reading class at Bow Memorial School in Bow, N.H., on Oct. 29, 2025.
Sophie Park for Education Week
Special Report Career and Technical Education Meets AI. What Happens Next?
School districts are modernizing their Career and Technical Education programs to help students develop AI skills.
November 17, 2025
Students in the Bentonville school district's Ignite program work on projects during class on Nov. 5, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark. The program—which integrates lessons about AI into the curriculum—offers career-pathway training for juniors and seniors.
Students in the Bentonville school district's Ignite program work on projects during class on Nov. 5, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark. The program—which integrates lessons about AI into the curriculum—offers career-pathway training for juniors and seniors.
Wesley Hitt for Education Week
Special Report AI Is Picking Up Speed. Are Schools Keeping Pace?
See how schools are trying to keep pace with advances in artificial intelligence and use it in meaningful ways.
October 20, 2025
Students engage in an AI robotics lesson in Funda Perez’ 4th grade computer applications class at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School No. 6 in Passaic, N.J., on Oct. 14, 2025.
Students engage in an AI robotics lesson in Funda Perez’ 4th grade computer applications class at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School No. 6 in Passaic, N.J., on Oct. 14, 2025.
Erica S. Lee for Education Week
Special Report How Educators Are Boosting Outcomes for English Learners Amid Challenges
Explore how schools and states are trying to support English learners with programs, literacy strategies, and teacher training.
September 22, 2025
Diana Oviedo-Holguin teaches a first grade English learner class at Heritage Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 3, 2025.
Diana Oviedo-Holguin teaches a first grade English learner class at Heritage Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 3, 2025.
Noah Devereaux for Education Week
Big Ideas in Education Special Report Big Ideas to Drive Education's Future
Political, technological, and economic changes are hitting schools hard this year. How can educators make sense of it all?
September 8, 2025
A tangle of wires and missed connections among institutions.
Islenia Mil for Education Week
Special Report Katrina at 20: Voices of Two Career Educators
Katrina at 20: Voices of Two Career Educators
July 25, 2025
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In this Aug. 30, 2005 file photo, people walk through floodwaters on Canal Street in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts. On seeing this scene one day after the storm hit land, photographer Bill Haber recalls, "Thats when we really realized how bad it was, and we had no idea how bad it would get."
Bill Haber/AP
Special Report How to Motivate Students to Succeed in STEM
Students can offer teachers valuable insights into what motivates them to tackle challenging STEM subjects.
May 27, 2025
Silhouetted figures water a blooming STEM flower.
Danny Allison for Education Week
Special Report An Educator’s Guide to Stronger Math Instruction and Achievement
Help students make sense of math and feel more confident in the subject with these research-aligned strategies.
May 5, 2025
A teacher's hand places the missing pieces of an X shaped bridge over water filled with numerals, so a student can make it safely across.
Eglė Plytnikaitė for Education Week
Special Report Grading and Assessment: How to Best Measure Student Success
This report explores the impact of grading policies and practices on student assessment, and the impact of GPAs on students’ futures.
April 14, 2025
Image of students with letter grades overlay on their clothing.
Robert Neubecker for Education Week
Special Report Math & AI: Can They Work Together?
Many math teachers are testing out AI tools in their classrooms, but skepticism remains about the technology's instructional value. 
March 24, 2025
Custom illustration of a profile (could be a student or a teacher) within a large dark purple sphere and surrounded by additional blue and red spheres filled with AI icons and math equations, and AI app icons.
Stephanie Dalton Cowan for Education Week
Special Report How AI Is Reshaping Teachers’ Jobs
Artificial intelligence is changing the way teachers work, learn, and teach.
February 14, 2025
Photo collage of woman working on laptop computer.
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Special Report Social-Emotional Learning 2025: New Priorities Emerge
Schools are using social-emotional learning to address growing concerns about students' behavior and ability to think and act independently.
January 13, 2025
Social Emotional Learning priorities emerge.
Anna Godeassi for Education Week

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