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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.
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.
Teaching
Opinion
An Iranian American Educator Speaks From a Broken Heart
The Iranian children will carry their fear, confusion, and loss of safety forever.
Teaching
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Teaching Homework: Critical Practice or Meaningless Busywork? Teachers Weigh InDoes homework still have a purpose? The K-12 field appears deeply divided.
Teaching Homework Assignments Less Common in High-Poverty DistrictsAn EdWeek Research Center survey examines out-of-school assignments by poverty level of the school system.
Reading & Literacy Letter to the Editor Reading Instruction Must Use Whole BooksReading passages serve a purpose but don't compare to reading the whole book, says this letter.
Special Education Letter to the Editor AI Isn’t the Real Threat to Special EducationEducators must leverage the tool to improve the field, writes an advocate.
Teaching Profession Letter to the Editor Let’s Hear From More TeachersA retired educator praises a teacher's opinion essay.
Mathematics As States Eye Math Reform, How Prescriptive Should They Be?Illinois is among the states aiming to revamp math, but a question remains: How hard should it push?
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The Science of Reading transformed K-3 literacy. Now it's time to extend that focus to students in grades 6 through 12.
Jobs
Virtual Career Fair for Teachers and K-12 Staff
Find teaching jobs and K-12 education jubs at the EdWeek Top School Jobs virtual career fair.
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Science Lessons Learned for Schools From Artemis IIThe launch mission combines arts and science, sparking interest in the integration of the subjects.
Reading & Literacy Opinion What the 'Science of Reading' Movement Has Meant for English LearnersWe should think of reading instruction for multilingual learners as a bridge, not a checklist.
English Learners How to Make English-Learner Funding 'Fair and Effective'Experts share how state funding models can better support English learners with various needs.
Early Childhood Q&A What One Researcher Saw Inside 29 Kindergarten ClassroomsDevelopmental psychologist Susan Engel shares insights from two years in kindergarten classrooms.
Mathematics Opinion Math Needs Its 'Science of Reading' MomentA psychologist explains how discovery-first math falls short.
Social Studies Another State Is Requiring Students to Study the Bible in SchoolIn Utah, schools will teach Biblical passages that are “cited or alluded to in founding documents."
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Quiz
Quiz Yourself: Best Practices for Supporting Older Struggling Readers
Older students who struggle with reading face challenges that go beyond comprehension. Do you know what they are and how to best help them?
Social Studies
Quiz
Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Teaching Social Studies to Boost Literacy?
Are you using social studies to build literacy? Take this quiz to test your knowledge of disciplinary literacy and source analysis.
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