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College & Workforce Readiness From Our Research Center CTE Is on the Rise. Here’s What Educators Say Would Make Programs Stronger
Most educators say the quality of their CTE offerings is good, but see room for improvement.
Arianna Prothero
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Reading & Literacy Video How Reading Instruction Evolved in 2025, and What’s Ahead
Throughout 2025, Education Week has covered how states and districts are continuing to incorporate new instructional methods and materials.
Sarah Schwartz & Kaylee Domzalski
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English Learners Opinion 10 Ways to Support Instruction for English Learners
Graphic organizers, anchor charts, questions to ask yourself, and more can simplify instruction.
Larry Ferlazzo
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Teacher Preparation A Local Campaign Saved This Teacher Residency After the Ed. Dept. Pulled Funding
Local donations protected teachers left hanging after the program lost a grant.
Sarah D. Sparks
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A black female teacher cheerfully answers questions and provides assistance to her curious and diverse group of adolescent students as they work on an assignment in class.
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Teaching Profession Opinion For Teachers With the Novel-Writing ‘Bug,’ Authors Have Advice
How do I start to write a novel? How do I get it published? Look here for those answers and more.
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 The World's Oldest Known Twinkie Turns 50 at a Maine High School
How a classroom experiment turned into a half-century study.
Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News
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Libby Rosemeier, a former George Stevens Academy student in the Twinkie experiment class, and Roger Bennatti, the now-retired chemistry teacher who initiated the experiment, hold the 50-year-old snack cake that has been housed in a homemade box since 2004.
Libby Rosemeier, a former George Stevens Academy student in the Twinkie experiment class, and Roger Bennatti, the now-retired chemistry teacher who initiated the experiment, hold the 50-year-old snack cake that has been housed in a homemade box since 2004.
Linda Coan O'Kresik/Bangor Daily News
Assessment Grade Grubbing—Who's Asking and How Teachers Feel About It
Teachers are being asked to change student grades, but the requests aren't always coming from parents.
Jennifer Vilcarino
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Ashley Perkins, a second-grade teacher at the Dummerston, Vt., School, writes a "welcome back" message for her students in her classroom for the upcoming school year on Aug. 22, 2025.
Ashley Perkins, a 2nd grade teacher at the Dummerston, Vt., School, writes a "welcome back" message for her students in her classroom on Aug. 22, 2025. Many times teachers are being asked to change grades by parents and administrators.
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    Special Education Does Extended Time on Tests Actually Help Students With ADHD?
    Most students with ADHD receive extended time. Experts say better alternatives exist.
    Elizabeth Heubeck, October 13, 2025
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    Laura Patranella's 5th graders write verses in response to <i>Love That Dog</i>, by Sharon Creech. One of Patranella's English/language arts unit features that novel alongside the poems that inspired it.
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    Reading & Literacy Are Books Really Disappearing From American Classrooms?
    Measuring whether "whole texts" are vanishing in favor of excerpts isn't clear cut.
    Sarah Schwartz, October 13, 2025
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    Students at R. Brown McAllister Elementary School use telephones for phonemic awareness during literary instruction on March 19, 2025, in Concorn, N.C.
    Students at R. Brown McAllister Elementary School use telephones for a phonemic awareness lesson on March 19, 2025, in Concorn, N.C. Researchers are homing in on the qualities of high-quality intervention for students who continue to struggle after regular teaching.
    Cornell Watson for Education Week
    Reading & Literacy What Makes an Effective Reading Intervention? One Researcher's 5 Criteria
    Studies highlight targeting specific skills and offering opportunities for practice, among others.
    Sarah Schwartz, October 10, 2025
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    Students in the dual language immersion program at Pueblo Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Sept. 16, 2025.
    A student writes in a workbook during a dual language immersion class at Pueblo Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Sept. 16, 2025. Ensemble Learning collaborated with the Texas Education Agency to offer professional development for dual-language teachers.
    Courtney Pedroza for Education Week
    English Learners In Their Own Words How Professional Development Bolstered a Dual-Language Program
    A Texas program offers lessons on the preparation classroom educators need to promote language development.
    Jennifer Vilcarino, October 10, 2025
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    Monique Cox picks up a DoorDash order from a restaurant after finishing her shift at the Epiphany School in Boston, Mass. on Oct. 7, 2025. Cox supplements her income by working as a personal trainer and DoorDashing food after her teaching shifts.
    Early education teacher Monique Cox picks up a DoorDash order from a restaurant after finishing her shift at the Epiphany School in Boston on Oct. 7, 2025. Cox supplements her income by working as a personal trainer on weekends and breaks and delivering food after her teaching day ends.
    Sophie Park for Education Week
    Teaching Profession 'It's Rough Out Here': Why Most Teachers Work a Second Job (and What It Means)
    Those with education-related second jobs are more likely to stay than those with non-related gigs.
    Sarah D. Sparks, October 9, 2025
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    Flat vibrant vector illustration depicting science education and learning concept. Illustration is showing different ways of learning: listening, watching, observing, exploring, experimenting, asking questions, talking and communicating, reading, drawing, and writing. The female teacher is placed on the right side and there are also two pupils each one representing different theme; one girl asking question and learning by listening and a boy holding a hand up to answer a question.
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    Science Opinion Science Scores Are Down. But We Know What Would Improve Them
    The when, where, and how of science instruction needs rethinking.
    Emma Banay, Christine Cunningham & James Ryan, October 9, 2025
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    Students in Bentonville public schools’ Ignite program, which offers career-pathway training, work on projects during class on Nov. 5, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark. As career and technical education evolves, new survey findings suggest many school counselors are still more focused on college.
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    College & Workforce Readiness From Our Research Center Can School Counselors Support the Push Toward More Career Pathways?
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    Lauraine Langreo, November 26, 2025
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    Assessment Letter to the Editor It’s Time to Think About What Grades Really Mean
    "Traditional grading often masks what a learner actually knows or is able to do."
    November 26, 2025
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    A ranger patrols the grounds of the Alamo in San Antonio on March 26, 2020.
    Texas' new social studies framework underscores American exceptionalism and the state's own history. The Battle of the Alamo—shown here in San Antonio on March 26, 2020—has long been a flashpoint in debates over what topics Texas students should know. Over the past five years many states have confronted the push for right- or left-favored topics and themes in their history standards.
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    Social Studies Communism, American Exceptionalism Latest Flashpoints in State History Standards
    Several Republican states will add Christian teachings and anti-communist lessons to their history standards.
    Sarah Schwartz, November 25, 2025
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    Teaching Profession Do Cellphone Bans Curb Teacher Burnout?
    Researchers examined the impact on teachers in two middle schools.
    Arianna Prothero, November 25, 2025
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    Teaching Opinion Has ‘Brain-Based’ Education Gone Too Far?
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    Jessica Solomon, November 25, 2025
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    Students in the online blended learning class at the ALLIES School in Colorado Springs, Colo., work with programs like ST Math and Lexia, both created for students with dyslexia, on April 7, 2023.
    Under a new definition, students wouldn't need to have "unexpected" learning gaps to be identified for dyslexia services. Students in the online blended learning class at the ALLIES School in Colorado Springs, Colo., work with literacy programs created for students with dyslexia, on April 7, 2023.
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    An updated definition put forth by an international group of researchers could identify more students.
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