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Student Well-Being & Movement
Poster Child for 'No Excuses'?
A D.C. public schools graduate explains how she maintained a 3.9 grade point average despite growing up in trying circumstances.
College & Workforce Readiness
Survey: Learning '21st-Century Skills' Linked to Work Success
Students' exposure to so-called 21st-century skills in school correlates positively with perceived quality of work later in life, according to a new study by Gallup Inc
School Choice & Charters
Prep School Apologizes to Student Victims of Sexual Abuse
The Horace Mann School, an elite private school in the Bronx, N.Y., issued an apology Friday to former students who were sexually abused by school staff members between the 1960s and 1990s.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Portrait of a Teen Tech User
An article examining a pretty typical-sounding 14 year-old girl's relationship with technology makes useful reading for middle and high school school teachers.
Teaching
New Thinking on the Costs of Punitive Discipline
New research finds that harsh punishments can help students "internalize" moral norms but that they do so at a dual cost.
Teaching Profession
Video: Teacher Captures Tornado Experience
A 5th grade teacher at Briarwood Elementary in Oklahoma City, one of two schools ravaged by tornadoes this week, captured the moment of impact on video.
Teaching Profession
Student's Film Project Offers Exposé of School Lunches
A New York City 4th grader's documentary on his school's lunchroom menu is causing quite a stir.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Post-Testing, School Goes Outside the Core
There's been a lot of talk lately about how rigid standards and the focus on testing have—and will continue to—impede teachers' creativity in the classroom. However, this morning at The Inspired Teaching School in Washington, teacher creativity was in full effect.
Teaching Profession
Teachers Heroic in Okla. Tornado
Once again, it appears that teachers acted with near-mind-boggling composure and courage in the face danger—and quite likely saved lives in the process.
Teaching Profession
Seattle Teachers' Test Boycott Pays Off
The Seattle school district announced that high schools in the city will no longer be required to administer the Measures of Academic Progress assessment—a computerized adaptive test teachers had refused to give earlier this year.
Student Well-Being & Movement
PD Program Targets Cross-Curricular Reading and Confidence
At an event in downtown Washington yesterday, panelists discussed a professional development program that brings reading and social/emotional learning together and according to several studies is having positive effects in both areas.
School Climate & Safety
A Voice From the 'Rubber Room'
A 33-year-old public school teacher with Tourette Syndrome in New York tells his story, including how he ended up in the absent-teacher reserve pool.
Teaching Profession
Twitter Milestone: @EdWeekTeacher Hits the 50K Follower Mark
Last week, @EdWeekTeacher gained its 50,000th follower, an accomplishment nearly four years in the making since we first opened our account.
Federal
Qatar Teacher Jailed for Allegedly Insulting Islam
A Nepali chemistry teacher working in Qatar, however, is now in jail for allegedly making comments to students that insulted Islam.