Special Reports

Education Week's special reports tackle the issues that educators grapple with the most
Filter by:
249 Results
Sort by:
249 Results for
Special Report How We Go Back to School
To help school leaders navigate complex decisions around reopenings, Education Week explores the options for returning to school this fall.
June 11, 2020
Special Report v39 HWGBTS cover
Quality Counts Special Report Quality Counts 2020: School Finance
This second of three Quality Counts 2020 installments provides national rankings and state-by-state grades on school finances at a time when school leaders prepare to navigate the fiscal crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 3, 2020
QC finance
Special Report Technology Counts 2020: Coronavirus, Virtual Learning, and Beyond
During the COVID-19 school building closures, educators upgraded their tech skills faster than ever before. But will they use those newfound skills when schools reopen?
June 3, 2020
Special Report v39 TC Cover Jori Bolton
Special Report Tech Use Surges Under COVID-19: Where Does Artificial Intelligence Fit In?
Education Week’s final installment of its three-part series on ed-tech issues examines the role of artificial intelligence in K-12 teaching and learning and the management of schools.
May 20, 2020
BRIC ARCHIVE
Special Report Leveling the Playing Field in Math
For nearly 30 years, the nation’s lowest-performing students have gained no ground in math. Educators are trying bold approaches—almost all of them in use now, remotely—to help all students succeed at math.
May 6, 2020
7th grader Mia Kehinde participates in a Story Strong lesson that incorporates clips from the movie, Inside Out, to give students the space to consider how their emotions relate to and impact their associations with math.
7th grader Mia Kehinde participates in a Story Strong lesson that incorporates clips from the movie, Inside Out, to give students the space to consider how their emotions relate to and impact their associations with math.
Special Report Social-Emotional Learning: Making It Work
The challenges and opportunities for teaching social-emotional learning when students are in school, and when they aren't.
April 8, 2020
v39 29 SEL Cover
Special Report Cyberattacks on Schools
There have been at least 775 publicly disclosed cyber incidents in K-12 schools nationally since 2016. Under normal circumstances, this was a big problem. Now, the coronavirus could make it even bigger.
March 18, 2020
Special Report Cyber Attacks
Special Report Uprooting Inequities
What does it take for schools to move from embracing the goals of equity to enacting concrete steps that actually change the schooling experience for students who are black, Hispanic, and from low-income families?
March 4, 2020
Special Report v39 29 Equity cover
Special Report The New World of Work
Students may need new and different skills—such as creativity or data know how—to thrive in the emerging economy. This special report explores what some schools are doing to meet those needs and what employers want from their new hires.
February 5, 2020
Special Report v39 20 NewWorldofWork cover
Quality Counts Special Report Quality Counts 2020: Chance for Success
The EdWeek Research Center issues its annual report card on how well the nation and each of the states do in bolstering the prospects of success over the course of a lifetime.
January 22, 2020
Special Report QC ChanceForSuccess
Big Ideas in Education Special Report 10 Big Ideas in Education 2020
Education Week reporters and editors question some of the basic assumptions that underpin public education and stand in the way of transformation.
January 8, 2020
Special Report v39 17 10BigIdeas cover
Special Report Getting Reading Right
Learning to read is arguably the most important academic experience students will have during their school years. But it’s not a given.
December 4, 2019
Special Report v39 15 GetReadingRight cover
Getty

Looking for Education Week’s annual Leaders To Learn From report recognizing outstanding school district leaders? Visit leaders.edweek.org.