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Teaching Profession How Far Can You Stretch a Starting Teacher Salary? We Crunched the Numbers
Efforts to boost starting teacher salaries to $60,000 are underway. It may not be enough.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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Teaching Profession What Teachers Should Know About Tax Deductions
The educator expense deduction hasn't budged. But these tips may take the sting out of tax time.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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Teaching Opinion An Iranian American Educator Speaks From a Broken Heart
The Iranian children will carry their fear, confusion, and loss of safety forever.
Larry Ferlazzo
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Teaching Profession Opinion ‘Whoa, What Are You Doing Here?’: Why This Professor Subs in K-12 Classrooms
Here's how stepping back into the K-12 classroom keeps “Ivory Tower Syndrome” at bay.
Larry Ferlazzo
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Conceptual illustration of classroom conversations and fragmented education elements coming together to form a cohesive picture of a book of classroom knowledge.
Sonia Pulido for Education Week
Teaching Opinion Students Don't Think School Matches Their Life Goals. How Can We Fix That?
Disengagement is not solved by overstuffed standards, tests, and pacing guides.
Robert C. Pianta
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a geometrical floor with the North Star in the center that becomes a space of listening. The colors of the floor enforce this idea of the meeting of the needs of education and students.
Francesca Gastone for Education Week
Teacher Preparation Aspiring Teachers Aren't Being Prepared to Handle Student Behavior Problems
Teacher-quality group unveils a new teacher-prep framework for managing classrooms.
Sarah D. Sparks
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4 min read
Rogelio Hernandez and Alex Volkov, New Teacher Support Coaches, interact during New Teacher Support Coaches Professional Learning session on November 7, 2025 at Center for Professional Development in Fresno. California.
Rogelio Hernandez and Alex Volkov are coaches who support new teachers in the Fresno, Calif., district on Nov. 7, 2025. Many teachers say they want more opportunities to practice classroom management skills; a new framework has some ideas about how teacher-prep programs might structure these opportunities.
Andri Tambunan for Education Week
Mathematics Opinion I Thought I Knew When Students Were Engaged in Math Class. I Was Wrong
Engagement is about more than participation; it’s about how students are thinking.
Michael Norton
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5 min read
The concept of deeper math understanding. A dice iceberg with deeper math comprehension under the surface.
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  • PBS Kids show characters including the title character from "Arthur" decorate boxes at the Arizona PBS offices in Phoenix, May 2, 2025.
    PBS Kids show characters including the title character from "Arthur" decorate boxes at the Arizona PBS offices in Phoenix, May 2, 2025. Federal funding cuts have put the educational content at PBS Kids in jeopardy, officials say.
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    Early Childhood Q&A Federal Funding Cuts Come for Big Bird: What’s Ahead for PBS Kids?
    Federal funding cuts threaten early education media. PBS Kids executive Sara DeWitt explains how.
    Elizabeth Heubeck, January 28, 2026
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    A classroom at Lafargue Elementary School in Effie, Louisiana, on Friday, August 22. The state has implemented new professional development requirements for math teachers in grades 4-8 to help improve student achievement and address learning gaps.
    An elementary school classroom in Effie, La., shows how one of the learning goals is to master the ability to compare numbers, on August 22, 2025. New research points out steps teachers can take to memorize facts—through a combination of practice, drills, and playing with numbers.
    Kathleen Flynn for Education Week
    Mathematics 4 Research-Backed Tips for Mastering Math Facts
    A new review of research offers evidence-based recommendations for classroom practice.
    Sarah Schwartz, January 27, 2026
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    The United States Capitol building as a bookcase filled with red, white, and blue policy books in a Washington DC landscape.
    Luca D'Urbino for Education Week
    Social Studies Opinion Do Students Still Need to Learn Geography?
    It’s tough to grasp what's going on about Venezuela or Greenland if you don’t know where they are.
    Rick Hess, January 27, 2026
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    A child kneels in the snow among demonstrators holding signs during a news conference at Lake Hiawatha Park in Minneapolis, on Jan. 9, 2026, demanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement be kept out of schools and Minnesota following the killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Good by federal agents earlier on Wednesday.
    A child kneels in the snow among demonstrators holding signs during a news conference at Lake Hiawatha Park in Minneapolis on Jan. 9, 2026, demanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement be kept out of schools following the killing of Renee Good by federal agents.
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    Teaching 'There's a Firehose of Information': Talking to Students About Minneapolis
    Find curated coverage on discussing confusing, scary, or politically charged topics in the classroom.
    Sarah Schwartz, January 26, 2026
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    Conceptual illustration of classroom conversations and fragmented education elements coming together to form a cohesive picture of a book of classroom knowledge.
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    Teaching Opinion The Most Exhausting Part of Teaching Isn't the Students
    Teachers reveal what drives them from the field and what leaders can do to improve teachers' lives.
    Larry Ferlazzo, January 26, 2026
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    A “zones of regulation” sign decorates the door of a classroom at Ruby Bridges Elementary School in Woodinville, Wash., on April 2, 2024.
    A sign asking children to identify their feelings decorates the door of a classroom at an elementary school in Woodinville, Wash., on April 2, 2024. Experts say schools should design social-emotional-learning curricula and programming with the needs of students with disabilities at the forefront.
    Meron Menghistab for Education Week
    Special Education A Missed Opportunity in SEL: Centering Students With Disabilities
    Students with learning differences are not always considered in the design or implementation of SEL programs.
    Madeline Will, January 26, 2026
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