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Special Report Taking Stock of Personalized Learning
This report tackles the issue of personalized learning, arguably one of the hottest topics in education this year, and an educational concept that raises all kinds of questions and concerns about how students should learn in the digital age.
October 22, 2014
Kayla-Meeks Cook, a 6th grader, gets help from teacher John Williams at Whittemore Park Middle School in Conway, S.C. The students were using their iPads to pick out recipes and calculate ingredients as part of a skills task.
Kayla-Meeks Cook, a 6th grader, gets help from teacher John Williams at Whittemore Park Middle School in Conway, S.C. The students were using their iPads to pick out recipes and calculate ingredients as part of a skills task.
James Jason Lee for Education Week
Special Report Piecing Together a Smart LMS Strategy
This special report aims to give district leaders a better sense of what it takes to piece together a smart strategy for learning management systems.
October 7, 2014
Brooke T. Webb, a teacher at Lanier High School in Gwinett County, Ga., trains a group of fellow Lanier educators who are interested in implementing eClass, an online educational platform used for teachers and students to share work, engage in class discussions, take tests, receive grades, and accomplish other tasks.
Brooke T. Webb, a teacher at Lanier High School in Gwinett County, Ga., trains a group of fellow Lanier educators who are interested in implementing eClass, an online educational platform used for teachers and students to share work, engage in class discussions, take tests, receive grades, and accomplish other tasks.
Dustin Chambers for Education Week
Special Report Getting Personal
Faced with tougher state standards and new research on how children learn, more schools and districts have plunged into variants of personalized learning, or approaches to instruction that seek to better cater to students' individual learning needs. This special report explores that growing interest in personalized learning, looking at how related instructional initiatives (many of which are costly and technologically intensive) are playing out in the classroom and what solutions and challenges they pose for teachers and schools.
June 18, 2014
To help K-12 educators and policymakers make better sense of this approach, Education Week looked at the experiences of schools such as Belmont-Cragin Elementary in Chicago, where students like 13-year old Llocelin Rivera receive tailored instruction in the hopes of boosting performance and closing achievement gaps.
To help K-12 educators and policymakers make better sense of this approach, Education Week looked at the experiences of schools such as Belmont-Cragin Elementary in Chicago, where students like 13-year old Llocelin Rivera receive tailored instruction in the hopes of boosting performance and closing achievement gaps.
Alyssa Schukar for Education Week
Special Report Navigating the Ed-Tech Marketplace
This special report focuses on the educational technology marketplace, including what it looks like, how it works, and the changes that are likely to shape it.
June 11, 2014
Third graders Salvador Calderon, 9, left, and Daniel Angel, 10, lean in close as they complete schoolwork on computers at the Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center in Chicago. Principal Barton A. Dassinger has set up a process of pilot-testing products offered by education technology companies.
Third graders Salvador Calderon, 9, left, and Daniel Angel, 10, lean in close as they complete schoolwork on computers at the Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center in Chicago. Principal Barton A. Dassinger has set up a process of pilot-testing products offered by education technology companies.
Alyssa Schukar for Education Week
Special Report Motivation Matters
Engaging Students, Creating Learners
June 5, 2014
Seniors Absadi Kidane, right, and Rafael Rodriguez compare active vs. resting heart rates in a class on anatomy, physiology, and disease at Da Vinci Science High School in Los Angeles.
Seniors Absadi Kidane, right, and Rafael Rodriguez compare active vs. resting heart rates in a class on anatomy, physiology, and disease at Da Vinci Science High School in Los Angeles.
David Walter Banks for Education Week
Special Report Vision Meets Reality
This special report explores how the initial vision for the standards—and for aligned assessments—is now bumping up against reality in states, school districts, and local communities.
April 23, 2014
Nimra Mian and other 7th graders at Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington, Mass., take the PARCC field test last year. As common-core-aligned testing officially gets under way this spring, many teachers say they are feeling pinched to cover their subject matter. Snow days are compounding the pressure, as teachers rush to make up for missed instruction.
Nimra Mian and other 7th graders at Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington, Mass., take the PARCC field test last year. As common-core-aligned testing officially gets under way this spring, many teachers say they are feeling pinched to cover their subject matter. Snow days are compounding the pressure, as teachers rush to make up for missed instruction.
--Gretchen Ertl for Education Week-File
Special Report Digital Advances Reshaping K-12 Testing
March 10, 2014
Sixth grader Jackie Blumhoefer, middle, reacts as she takes over first place during a game of SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge at Valleyview Middle School in Denville, N.J.
Sixth grader Jackie Blumhoefer, middle, reacts as she takes over first place during a game of SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge at Valleyview Middle School in Denville, N.J.
Emile Wamsteker for Education Week
Special Report New Directions in Assessment
Addressing an area of both frustration and possibility for many teachers, this online story package explores new developments and trends in the practice of testing and assessment in schools. The stories focus on initiatives designed to link assessment more closely with classroom learning and instruction and thus provide integral solutions for teachers.
March 5, 2014
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Special Report Sizing Up Blended Learning
This special report, part of Education Week's ongoing series on virtual education, examines the opportunities and persistent questions that surround schools' and districts' implementation of blended learning.
January 29, 2014
At Severna Park High School, teacher Anthony Lopes helps high school freshman Lauren Zlotorzynski, left, as classmate Alex Dusold, works on his own laptop. Students at the Maryland school are using a blended learning curriculum that showed promising results on a recent, federally sponsored study.
At Severna Park High School, teacher Anthony Lopes helps high school freshman Lauren Zlotorzynski, left, as classmate Alex Dusold, works on his own laptop. Students at the Maryland school are using a blended learning curriculum that showed promising results on a recent, federally sponsored study.
Swikar Patel
Quality Counts Special Report Quality Counts 2014: District Disruption & Revival
School Systems Reshape to Compete--And Improve
January 9, 2014
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Special Report Moving Beyond the Mainstream
This special report looks at the challenges educators face in adapting the Common Core State Standards for students with disabilities, English-learners, and gifted students.
October 30, 2013
Teacher Meredith Vanden Berg works with Jose Virgen, an English-learner in her 8th grade science class in Beaverton, Ore. She has been working with other teachers in her school to develop strategies for helping English-learners master the common core.
Teacher Meredith Vanden Berg works with Jose Virgen, an English-learner in her 8th grade science class in Beaverton, Ore. She has been working with other teachers in her school to develop strategies for helping English-learners master the common core.
Leah Nash for Education Week
Special Report Inside Classroom Management
Addressing a central challenge for many teachers, this online story package explores best practices and developments in classroom management.
October 14, 2013
Students at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science in the District of Columbia put laptops away after class.
Students at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science in the District of Columbia put laptops away after class. Teachers are finding that technology-infused classrooms require a new layer of management techniques and procedures.
Swikar Patel/Education Week

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