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Singer Taylor Swift, left, and Kansas City Chiefs football player Travis Kelce, front right, take in the third period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Fla., on June 12, 2025.
Singer Taylor Swift, left, and Kansas City Chiefs football player Travis Kelce, front right, take in one of the games of the Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise, Fla., on June 12, 2025. Their engagement caused educators in some schools to make an announcement—and others to be grateful for cellphone restrictions.
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School & District Management ‘A 3-Minute Moment of Joy’: How Taylor Swift’s Engagement Brought Class to a Halt
In schools across the country on Tuesday, some administrators stopped class in the early afternoon to broadcast breaking news.
Sarah Schwartz, August 28, 2025
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2 min read
Photo illustration of crayon without a name.
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Teaching Profession Crayon Color Picker and Tornado: Teachers Share the Funniest Jobs Students Want
A new generation of students wants new types of jobs. Some of their responses might surprise you.
Olina Banerji, June 16, 2025
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1 min read
A grid of various mouths speaking.
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Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion No, ‘Brain Rot’ Isn’t Ruining My Generation: What This Student Wants You to Know
Instead of viewing chaotic online humor as a problem to solve, educators should embrace it as an opportunity to connect.
Angel Galicia Mendoza, December 20, 2024
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5 min read
A member of the Jim Hill High School Choir uses her cellphone to take a photograph on Jan. 3, 2023.
An increasing number of schools are putting policies in place to restrict student cellphone use on campus.
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School Climate & Safety Some Students Welcome Cellphone Restrictions. Here's Why
To curb distractions in class, an increasing number of schools are implementing stricter cellphone policies.
Elizabeth Heubeck, September 29, 2023
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3 min read
High school students in library on computer
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Student Well-Being & Movement This High School Matches Freshmen With Senior Mentors. They All Get Course Credit
A New Jersey high school matched seniors with freshmen to ensure the 9th graders had the support they needed to make it through high school.
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, August 28, 2023
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7 min read
A three photo collage on dark blue paper of principal Chris LeGrande and others from school.
Photos: Courtesy of Chris LeGrande; Design: Gina Tomko/Education Week via Canva
School & District Management In Their Own Words This Principal Endured A Lot of Senior Pranks. One Stood Out
Chris LeGrande won't forget 215 keys, a jar, and a parking boot.
Denisa R. Superville, June 23, 2023
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3 min read
Image of school related doodles on a sheet.
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Teaching Profession The Funny, Inspirational, and Weird: Educators Share Highlights From This School Year
From "mini-me" principals to potato parades, it's been a year.
Caitlyn Meisner, June 7, 2023
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3 min read
A teen boy in a red graduation cap and gown wears an eagle feather on his neck. He stands outside among classmates.
Elijah Wiggins wears an eagle feather, a gift from his grandfather, at his graduation from Cedar City High School on May 25, 2022, in Cedar City, Utah. Utah is one of a growing number of states that have passed laws to allow students to wear items of cultural or religious significance during graduation ceremonies.
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Equity & Diversity When Graduation Dress Codes Clash With Students' Cultural Expression
Students have sued to wear culturally significant items at graduation, and some states have also passed legislation protecting the practice.
Evie Blad, May 31, 2023
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5 min read
Imran Jackson, Rayonna Ross, Stevie Mras, from left to right, made up the prom court last year at Florida’s Atlantic Coast High School prom, held on April 23, 2022.
Imran Jackson, Rayonna Ross, Stevie Mras, from left to right, made up the prom court last year at Florida’s Atlantic Coast High School prom, held on April 23, 2022.
Courtesy of Atlantic Coast High School
School Climate & Safety King, Queen, and Sovereign? Prom Courts Grow More Diverse
In some school districts, the traditional prom court is becoming more inclusive, with students driving the changes.
Elizabeth Heubeck, April 14, 2023
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3 min read
Image of children in a classroom.
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Teaching Opinion What Students Like (and Don't Like) About School
Students sound off on what makes a good teacher as well as the pros and cons of learning remotely.
Larry Ferlazzo, July 13, 2022
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3 min read
61322 Graduation Cap Florida BS 7
Jonathon Parker, pictured on the chair, should have walked across the graduation stage with classmates from the Deer Valley High School Class of 2022 last week in Antioch, Calif. But he was shot and killed by another student more than two years ago in the school parking lot.
Courtesy of Jonathon Parker's family
School Climate & Safety The Lost Graduate: Remembering a Student Gunned Down at School
California teen Jonathon Parker and two Michigan teenagers should have graduated this year, but they were killed by gun attacks at school.
Catherine Gewertz, June 13, 2022
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3 min read
Trainer Collette Yee walks with Rizzo, a medical detection dog with Early Alert Canines, as she sniffs senior Madison Schoening to detect COVID at Mills High School in Millbrae, California, on May 5, 2022. As part of a pilot COVID-testing program, some students volunteered to be screened by trained dogs before prom.
Trainer Collette Yee walks with Rizzo, a medical detection dog, as she sniffs senior Madison Schoening at Mills High School in Millbrae, Calif., in early May. As part of a pilot program, some students volunteered to be sniffed for COVID by trained dogs before attending the prom.
Ramin Rahimian for Education Week
Student Well-Being & Movement Tuxedos, Gowns, and COVID-Sniffing Dogs: A Pandemic Prom
Some schools are turning to highly trained dogs to detect COVID ahead of big events. 
Catherine Gewertz, May 9, 2022
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7 min read
Kara Klever holds a sign in protest in the hall outside of the Blue Room as Governor Kevin Stitt signs a bill into law that prevents transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams at the Capitol Wednesday, March 30, 2022 in Oklahoma City, Oka. The bill, which easily passed the Republican-led House and Senate mostly along party lines, took effect immediately with the governor's signature. It applies to female sports teams in both high school and college.
Kara Klever holds a sign in protest as Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signs a bill into law that prevents transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams.
Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman via AP
States Beyond 'Don't Say Gay': Other States Seek to Limit LGBTQ Youth, Teaching
Legislators want to ban lessons on LGBTQ communities and require teachers to tell parents when students want their pronouns changed.
Stephen Sawchuk, April 6, 2022
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9 min read
Sofia Donets at her home in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 25, 2022. Donets is helping to organize relief efforts through The Potomac School, where she’s a sophomore.
Sofia Donets, a Russian-born sophomore at the Potomac School in McLean, Va., is helping to organize relief efforts for Ukrainians.
Stephen Voss for Education Week
Student Well-Being & Movement Students With Family Ties to Russia Are Facing Hostility
Students navigate bitter politics and conflicting news accounts to make sense of a war being waged by their heritage country.
Sasha Jones, March 29, 2022
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4 min read
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