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The State of Teaching, 2026
New national data on the teaching profession, vivid reporting from classrooms, and resources to help support this essential profession.
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Tue., December 01, 2026, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
College & Workforce Readiness Webinar What Are the Fastest-Growing Career- and Work-Based Education Programs?
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December 1, 2026
Wed., November 04, 2026, 2:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET
Reading & Literacy K-12 Essentials Forum Strategies to Create a Culture of Reading in Schools
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November 4, 2026
Collage with a photo of a teenage student's eyes looking to the left. She's wearing glasses and holding her hands to her mouth. There's also slices of multiple choice test page bubbles breaking the photo up. The letters and question numbers on the test pages are facing multiple directions and are printed in red ink. There's a scribbled line above the top of the figure's head.
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Assessment Opinion The Problem With Test Anxiety Happens Long Before the Test
"Calm down and you'll do fine" is the wrong advice. Here's what to tell students instead.
Alex Jordan & Ben Lovett, October 29, 2026
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A grid of elementary school children expressing a wide variety of different emotions. SEL. Social Emotional Learning.
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Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion We’re Stuck on the Wrong Question About SEL in Early Childhood
A family therapist explores how to help children make sense of their emotions.
Erika Bocknek, October 29, 2026
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Law enforcement blocks the entrance to Lexington High School in Lexington, South Carolina on September 17, 2026, during a lockdown as parents and families gathered across the street in the Lowes Foods gas station parking lot.
Law enforcement blocks the entrance to Lexington High School in Lexington, S.C. on Sept. 17, 2026, during a lockdown as parents and families gathered across the street. A new study finds 1 in 5 students have experienced a school lockdown by middle school.
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School Climate & Safety School Lockdowns Are Common, But in Some Kinds of Schools More Than Others
A new study tries to quantify how frequent school lockdowns are, and where they happen most.
Mark Walsh, October 28, 2026
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An elementary classroom is stocked with school supplies at BASIS Flagstaff on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Flagstaff, Arizona.
An elementary classroom at a public charter school on Aug. 6, 2026, in Flagstaff, Ariz. New data from the U.S. Department of Education finds that teacher absenteeism has risen.
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Teaching Profession The Data on Teacher Absenteeism Can Be Misleading. Here's What to Know
Partly due to leave policies, a third of teachers miss 10+ days of school per year. Can districts curb the absences?
Sarah D. Sparks, October 28, 2026
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Board members speak during a school board meeting on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025 , at Fayette County Public Schools Central Office in Lexington, Ky.
Board members speak during a school board meeting on Aug. 18, 2025, at Fayette County Public Schools Central Office in Lexington, Ky. About 44% of school board members across the country have never worked in K-12 education before, according to a new EdWeek Research Center survey.
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School & District Management Most School Board Members Lack K-12 Work Experience. That May Be a Good Thing
Board members of all professional backgrounds can be useful, experts say
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, October 28, 2026
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Students look at books during a book fair at Schaumburg Elementary, part of the ReNEW charter network, in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana have seen a promising turnaround in their student reading scores after passing a series of similar literacy reforms.
Students look at books during a book fair at Schaumburg Elementary, part of the ReNEW charter network, in New Orleans on April 19, 2023. Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana have seen a promising turnaround in their student reading scores after passing a series of similar literacy reforms.
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Reading & Literacy What's Driving the 'Southern Surge?' Report Examines Reading Gains in Alabama
The state invested in coaching and relied on top-down leadership.
Sarah Schwartz, October 28, 2026
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Professional Development What the Research Says A Major Teacher-Coaching Program Flopped. What Went Wrong?
The largest study of teacher coaching to date finds it has no effect on student learning.
Sarah D. Sparks, October 27, 2026
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Tue., October 27, 2026, 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET
Early Childhood Webinar Selling Into Early Learning: New Survey Data and Strategies for Marketers
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October 27, 2026
An empty open-concept classroom inside the Ghent School in Norfolk, Va., is pictured Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. New research indicates that relational strategies that engage parents and students seem to be have the strongest link to improved student attendance.
An empty open concept classroom inside Norfolk's Ghent School is pictured Monday, Oct. 19, 2026.
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Student Absenteeism Want to Improve Attendance? Start With Relationships
Schools must tailor attendance strategies to their communities, researchers say.
Evie Blad, October 26, 2026
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Tue., March 03, 2026, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
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Macomb Community College's South Campus in Warren, Mich. off of 12 Mile Road on Oct. 15, 2026.
Macomb Community College's South Campus in Warren, Mich., is shown on Oct. 15, 2026. In Michigan, 16 percent of community college students are high schoolers. Nationwide, dual enrollment now tops 3 million students.
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College & Workforce Readiness Q&A Dual Enrollment Is Surging. Here's How High Schools Can Get it Right
More than 3 million high school students took a college course last year.
Grace Jiang, October 23, 2026
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Students sit during a TK class at First Street Elementary School in Los Angeles, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
Students sit during a transitional kindergarten class at First Street Elementary School in Los Angeles, on April 22, 2026. A new longitudinal study found that social-emotional learning in preschool is associated with better measures of well-being in young adulthood.
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Student Well-Being & Movement Q&A Teaching Feelings at Age 4 Pays Off at 21, 20-Year Study Shows
Social-emotional learning in preschool is associated with better measures of well-being in young adulthood.
Jennifer Vilcarino, October 22, 2026
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