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College & Workforce Readiness How to Bring More Value to Career-Tech Education Programs
Aligning academic goals to the labor market is critical, according to the Education Commission of the States.
Jennifer Vilcarino
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Teaching Profession AI Can Help Teachers Craft Their Assessment Portfolios. Is That Cheating?
The tools help guide teacher reflection for the portfolios used for PD and licensing—or be used to cheat.
Sarah D. Sparks
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Teaching Opinion Eat More Protein? Exercise More? Why Teachers Need Better Self-Care Advice
Many of us have heard the phrase “teacher tired,” but it’s worth naming what that actually means.
Kyna M. Engelhart
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College & Workforce Readiness The Job Market Is Changing. How Career and Technical Education Can Keep Up
A new vision from Advance CTE imagines what the future of career education should look like.
Lauraine Langreo
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7 min read
Students present their AI powered-projects designed to help boost agricultural gains in Calla Bartschi’s Introduction to AI class at Riverside High School in Greer, S.C., on Nov. 11, 2025.
Students present their AI powered-projects designed to help boost agricultural gains in Calla Bartschi’s Introduction to AI class at Riverside High School in Greer, S.C., on Nov. 11, 2025. With growing interest in CTE, an organization of state CTE directors has developed a five-year vision for strengthening its connections with career opportunities.
Thomas Hammond for Education Week
Mathematics Supporting Struggling Math Students Means Building Their Number Sense—and Confidence
Two models schools use to help students learn new material—and shore up gaps at the same time.
Sarah Schwartz
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4 min read
ESOL teacher Anna Kyle assisting tenth grader Welhore Wendela Noah in algebra one class at Annandale High School on April 08, 2026 in Annandale, Virginia. Various approaches include group work, community building, and academic literacy. Materials are created collaboratively, including digital activities (e.g. Kahoot) with writing and speaking assessments. The team tracks progress using standards-based grading and a running spreadsheet. Teachers emphasize vocabulary skills, interactive notebooks, and scaffolds to support language learners. The success of multilingual learners is monitored through test data and reassessments, ensuring students understand their mastery of standards.
English for Speakers of Other Languages teacher Anna Kyle assists 10th grader Welhore Wendela Noah in algebra at Annandale High School on April 8, 2026 in Annandale, Va. More schools are devising ways to help students who struggle in math catch up without taking them out of grade-level classes.
Marvin Joseph for Education Week
Teaching Profession What Teachers Love (and Hate) About Appreciation Week
Teachers want thoughtful, inclusive appreciation, not gimmicks or last-minute ideas.
Olina Banerji
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2 min read
Image of an apple with a bite out of it in shape of heart. Also a box of donuts with "Clearance" stikcer on it.
Collage by Laura Baker/Education Week with Canva
Early Childhood 5 Ways to Build Oral Language in Young Learners
Hearing and practicing language leads to stronger literacy skills.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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A comic book-style illustration of kindergarteners. The top image shows a teacher reading to the kids, and the bottom image shows young kids around a table playing with toy insects.
Illustration by Gina Tomko/Education Week + Canva

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    McNeal Stewart, one of the math teachers at Algebra Lab at Adams High School, teaches an Algebra class on April 17, 2026 at South Bend, Ind.
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    Mathematics From Our Research Center Elementary Math Has Been in Focus. But Middle and High School Students' Struggles Are Daunting
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    Tenth grader Thinh Vuong Phung works on a math problem at Annandale (Va.) High School on April 8, 2026. The class reflects the school’s approach of combining group work, language supports, and progress monitoring to help multilingual learners build confidence and mastery in math.
    Tenth grader Thinh Vuong Phung works on a math problem at Annandale (Va.) High School on April 8, 2026. The class reflects the school’s approach of combining group work, language supports, and progress monitoring to help multilingual learners build confidence and mastery in math.
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    Mathematics How Two Schools Are Rethinking Math for English Learners
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    A student at Annandale High School in Virginia takes on a math assignment on April 8, 2026. An EdWeek Research Center survey of educators found that many believe students have particular weaknesses in fractions, overall pre-algebraic skills, and fluency in basic operations.
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    Mathematics What Schools Should Do to Pump Up the Deflated Math Skills of Older Students
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    An 8-year-old girl in a purple t-shirt leans over a butcher block counter inside a retrofitted school bus to glue together a map. Behind her, two classmates glue their projects.
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    Scott Lewis for Education Week
    College & Workforce Readiness Inside One District’s Experiment to Anchor Learning Around Career-Ready Skills
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    Four-year-old Ethan Quinn leaves home for his daycare center in Concord, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Ethan's parents opted to keep him in a private daycare center instead of enrolling him in “transitional kindergarten” — a program offered for free by California elementary schools for some 4-year-olds. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
    A four-year-old prepares to leave home for his daycare center in Concord, Calif., on Nov. 1, 2023. His parents chose private daycare over California’s free “transitional kindergarten” program for some 4-year-olds—a decision that reflects how families often navigate limited time, work demands, and early education options in shaping school readiness.
    Jae C. Hong/AP
    Early Childhood Teachers Blame Parents for Young Learners' Deficits. But There's a Bigger Story
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