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Reading & Literacy How a School's Language Lab Teaches Non-Phonics Reading Skills
In 'language lab,' teachers work on vocabulary and syntax to help students understand complex text.
Sarah Schwartz
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Teaching Profession Should Teachers Get Overtime Pay? EdWeek Readers Have Some Thoughts
Readers give their opinions on whether teachers should qualify for overtime pay.
Edér Del Prado
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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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Mathematics Are High School Graduates Ready for College Math?
Many students graduate without meeting their states' bar for math proficiency, a new analysis finds.
Sarah Schwartz
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La Porte High School Class of 2025 graduates toss mortar boards into the air at the conclusion of commencement exercises Thursday, June 12, 2025, at Kiwanis Field in La Porte, Ind.
A new analysis shows that many high school graduates fell below their state's definition of math proficiency. Class of 2025 graduates toss mortar boards into the air at the conclusion of commencement exercises on June 12, 2025, at Kiwanis Field in La Porte, Ind.
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Teaching Profession Flexibility and Teamwork Are Key to Rebuilding Teacher Confidence, Morale
Lone Star teachers and principals show the little ways schools can support teacher morale.
Sarah D. Sparks
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Attendees during the State of Teaching event in San Antonio on April 14, 2026.
Attendees share stories during Education Week's State of Teaching event in San Antonio on April 14, 2026. Many said that helping make the job more flexible for teachers could go some ways to making the job feel more sustainable.
Kaylee Domzalski/Education Week
English Learners How Federal Changes Affect English Learners, Immigrant Students
Since January 2025, several federal policy changes carry implications for ELs and immigrant students.
Ileana Najarro
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Federal policy moves carry implications for ELs, immigrant students
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Teaching Profession Here's Why Teachers Say They Haven't Quit
Beyond a love of teaching, teachers have practical reasons to stick to their jobs.
Olina Banerji
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    Gen Z teachers like Katrina Sacurom, a 5th grade teacher in Frisco, Texas, are bringing passion and fresh ideas to the profession—but also want supports and a reasonable work-life balance. Districts leaders, experts say, need to think about how to meet those needs in order to retain them. Sacurom chats with students during recess at Shawnee Trail Elementary School on Feb. 3, 2026.
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    Teaching Profession Generation Z Is Transforming Teaching. Are Districts Ready for Them?
    The youngest cohort of teachers have been shaped by technological and educational disruption.
    Sarah D. Sparks, March 4, 2026
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    Katrina Sacurom, a 5th grade teacher, huddles with the Shawnee Trail Elementary School journalism crew to go over how their projects are progressing on Feb. 3, 2026 in Frisco, Texas. She says she wants her students to learn to use technology thoughtfully and has looked for ways to tailor it to be meaningful, not mindless.
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    Teaching Profession Gen Z Teachers Grew Up With Tech. Now They're Seeking Better Boundaries for Students
    Gen Z teachers grew up in an era of unbridled tech. It shapes how they approach classroom technology.
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    Teaching Profession Teacher Morale in 2026: Five Takeaways
    See five highlights from EdWeek's annual, national survey of U.S. teachers.
    Holly Kurtz & Maya Riser-Kositsky, March 4, 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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    Reading & Literacy Opinion How Graphic Novels Can Bring Joy to Reading Instruction
    Here's how teachers are using comic books and nonfiction graphic novels in literacy instruction.
    Larry Ferlazzo, March 3, 2026
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    Plumes of smoke from two simultaneous strikes rise over Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026.
    Plumes of smoke from two simultaneous U.S. air strikes rise over Tehran, Iran, on March 2, 2026. Providing age-appropriate opportunities for students to talk about war-related topics such as the current U.S.-Iran conflict can help them process those events in more meaningful ways.
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    Social Studies How to Talk to Students About the U.S.-Iran Conflict
    Educators need to let students' questions drive the discussions in age-appropriate ways.
    Lauraine Langreo, March 2, 2026
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    A third-grader practices his cursive handwriting at a school in the Queens borough of New York.
    A third-grader practices his cursive handwriting at a school in the Queens borough of New York. At least half of the nation’s states have adopted cursive writing instruction in recent years, reversing a sharp decline in teaching of that skill after the Common Core, launched in 2010, omitted it from its standards.
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    Curriculum Cursive is Making a Comeback. It Won’t Be Without Challenges
    A growing number of states are requiring schools to return to cursive writing instruction.
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