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Early Childhood Academic Pressure is Driving—and Preventing—The Return to Play in Kindergarten
A new report examines the impact of one state's efforts to return play to kindergarten.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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Teaching Opinion Teach For America's New CEO: 'We're Working to Reinspire Belief' in Public Education
The new TFA chief explains what’s behind a 43% uptick in its incoming class.
Rick Hess
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Teaching Profession Teachers' Union Approves New Fund to Help Immigrant Teachers
It's aimed at teachers who came to the country before 2007 under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Sarah D. Sparks
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Curriculum Q&A Leader Says EdReports Is 'Evolving' and Still Critical for Curriculum Review
Lewis Ferebee says EdReports has responded to criticisms and is a useful tool in a sea of curriculum choices.
Mark Walsh
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DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new addition at Raymond Elementary School on the first day of school, on Aug. 28, 2023, in Washington.
Lewis Ferebee, the then-chancellor of the District of Columbia public schools, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Raymond Elementary School on the first day of school, on Aug. 28, 2023, in Washington. Ferebee was announced as EdReports’ new chief executive officer in May.
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Social Studies Most Schools Report Teaching Civics. But Hands-On Lessons Aren't as Common
Only 13% of district leaders say their schools require "experiential" civics learning.
Sarah Schwartz
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Students at Hudson Primary School study about what it means to be a citizen during the 2024-25 academic year. The Pasco County school district is expanding its civics education program amid a state and national push to do so.
Students at Hudson Primary School study about what it means to be a citizen in this March 24, 2026 photo. The Pasco County school district is expanding its civics education program amid a state and national push to do so.
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Teaching Profession Q&A 'Organize, Organize, Organize': New NEA President Sees the Value in Everyday Engagement
The incoming leader of the nation's largest teachers' union focuses on engagement.
Sarah D. Sparks
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Newly elected NEA President Princess Moss, photographed during the union's convention in Denver on July 6, 2026. Moss said she wants the union to improve its organizing capabilities.
Mark Makela for Education Week
Special Education Students With Disabilities Are Spending More Time in Mainstream Classes
Under federal law, students with disabilities are supposed to learn in the least restrictive environment.
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens
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Asia Screen, special education compliance monitor, center right, greets a student at Edward T. Steel School on the first day of school on Aug. 25, 2025, in Philadelphia.
Asia Screen, special education compliance monitor, greets a student at Edward T. Steel School on the first day of school on Aug. 25, 2025, in Philadelphia. A new report from Congress' nonpartisan watchdog finds students with disabilities are spending more time in mainstream classrooms, though the progress toward achieving that goal in federal law varied by state.
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    Diana Barrios, a career exploration coordinator for the Houston school district, discusses career exploration at the ISTELive 26 + ASCD annual conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on June 29, 2026. Barrios argued that schools need to do more than match students' interests with potential careers. Career exploration is a social act, she said.
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    Student hands hold speech bubbles, they contribute to an exchange of ideas. Each one contains the colors of the flag of the United States of America. Civics education.
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    Social Studies Opinion America at 250: Our Classrooms Are Too Quiet
    Respectful disagreement is an essential habit for self-governance. Can schools recover it?
    David J. Bobb, June 30, 2026
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    English Language Learning Program coordinator Dina Saunders, collects worksheets while helping in Katie Pringnitz's 6th grade Language Arts classroom on Aug. 24, 2016 at Mount Pleasant Middle School in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The Mount Pleasant school district has Spanish, Vietnamese, Lao, Chinese, English and Indigenous languages from Central America and Vietnam speaking students.
    English Language Learning Program Coordinator Dina Saunders collects worksheets while helping in Katie Pringnitz's 6th grade language arts classroom on Aug. 24, 2016 at Mount Pleasant Middle School in Iowa. For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, English learners’ average English-language proficiency test scores did not decline. <ins data-user-label="Daniela Franco Brown" data-time="06/30/2026 2:24:34 PM" data-user-id="00000185-9ccd-d5c5-a98d-decdaf220001" data-target-id="">Instead, they held steady or increased in most grades</ins>.
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    English Learners English Learners Show Growth Gains, Still Below Pre-Pandemic
    A new WIDA report found signs of English-learner growth in language proficiency on a rebound.
    Ileana Najarro, June 30, 2026
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    Group spreads college gospelAlex Lucas, right, a college adviser at Dalton L. McMichael High School in Mayodan, N.C., works with junior Chloe Lester during an ACT Prep session after school, March 11, 2014.
    Alex Lucas, right, a college adviser at Dalton L. McMichael High School in Mayodan, N.C., works with junior Chloe Lester during an ACT prep session after school on March 11, 2014. ETS, another assessment organization, is acquiring ACT—though nothing will immediately change for students taking the ACT's college-entrance exam.
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