Teaching
Teachers’ unions, long defenders of the teaching profession, are now putting their own spin on an often-criticized component: teacher preparation. The Washington Education Association...
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California has grand ambitions for ethnic studies. By 2025, the state’s public high schools — about 1,600 of them — must teach the subject....
Academies
Schools should use mentoring and sports to support vulnerable pupils, survey pupils on where and when violence takes place and “cautiously” consider interventions that...
Leaders
A surge in students’ chronic absenteeism since the return to in-person classes hasn’t discriminated, threatening academic recovery in schools of all sizes and demographic...
Policy
A federal appeals court on May 15 refused to block a Maryland school district’s policy preventing parents from opting their children out of LGBTQ+...
Teaching
This post wraps up a seven-part series on small moves teachers can make that can lead to outsized impacts on student achievement. Encourage Student...
Teaching
Nicolle Echeverria, a political science major from the California State University, was sure about a career in law. But things took a turn in...
Teaching
I’ve always been intrigued by history, geography, and civics. Of course, I used to teach this stuff. While not everyone feels similarly, I suspect...
Academies
Thirty-four academy trusts are among the public sector bodies to win a slice of £530 million government funding to go green. A total of...
Academies
Schools will be “expected” to publish a summary of their “music development plans” on their websites from September, the government has said. In their...
Academies
Children in home education died or were abused because “the protective factor that school can offer was missing from their lives”, an independent review...
News
When it comes to choosing a commencement speaker, colleges and universities take different approaches. Some go local, selecting well-known figures in the area. Others...
Academies
Ofsted should focus equally on how schools are meeting the “holistic needs” of pupils as they do on results, a new report which sets...
News
A pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Pennsylvania has expanded, as students wrap up exams and the university finalizes its plans for graduation ceremonies...
Academies
Pupil data is being used to check for benefit fraud and pursue parents under a secret deal between the education and work and pensions...
Teaching
The education profession relies on teachers being accessible to their students and families and open to sharing with colleagues. But a little information can...
News
Martha E. Pollack, Cornell University’s president for the past seven years, announced in a surprise email on Thursday afternoon that she is resigning. “I...
Leaders
A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom, but he stopped short...
Leaders
Securing voters’ support for school bond measures can be tricky. But developing deep, meaningful connections with the community well in advance can make a...
Academies
The government is looking into how many schools are not being inclusive enough for children with SEND, the children’s minister has revealed. David Johnston...
Leaders
Fewer than half of public schools—48 percent—report that they can effectively meet students’ mental health needs, and that number has dwindled in the past...
Academies
The government plans to “time-limit” the use of unregistered alternative provision, require settings to comply with national standards and have councils maintain lists of...
Policy
After 70 years, what is left to say about Brown v. Board of Education? A lot, it turns out. As the anniversary nears this...
Policy
Leaders from three large school districts condemned antisemitism at a congressional hearing on Wednesday and didn’t deny it has been on the rise in...
Policy
The chaotic and substantially delayed rollout of a simplified FAFSA form, rising reports of antisemitism at K-12 schools and on college campuses, Biden administration...
Leaders
Editor’s note: For additional perspectives on the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, Education Week Opinion Contributor Bettina L. Love invited R....
Leaders
Many educators will tell you that cellphones are a source of serious academic, mental health, and behavioral problems for students. And school leaders are...
Leaders
Middle school has always been a difficult time for kids. But when you tack on their near-constant use of cellphones, this stage of development...
News
More than a decade ago, two men and a woman were lured to a home in Jonesboro, Ga., outside Atlanta, where they forced inside...
News
Throughout a series of congressional hearings about what public schools and universities are doing to combat antisemitism, Republicans keep hammering school leaders on one...
Technology
Generative artificial intelligence has taken up a lot of space in the minds of K-12 district technology leaders over the past two school years....