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Student Achievement
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A Brief History of Grading—and What That Means for Schools Today
Modern grading emerged at the turn of the 20th century and may be ripe for a rethink.
Teaching
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Strategies for Teaching the 2024 Election (Hold on to Your Hat)
Even before entering into the content, craft agreements with students on the boundaries of what's up—and what's not up—for debate.
Reading & Literacy
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Teacher Tips for Better Reading Instruction
Amid the reading wars, educators, researchers, and policymakers have been at odds over how to teach reading. Here is some tempered advice.
Classroom Technology
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Why I Changed My Mind About Cellphones in the Classroom
A decade ago, I championed smartphones as a powerful learning tool—but a lot has changed since then.
Federal
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The Great Project 2025 Freakout
There's nothing especially scary in the Heritage Foundation's education agenda—nor is it a reliable gauge of another Trump administration.
Student Well-Being
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What Does the Dangerous Political Climate Mean for Schools?
Educators and researchers offer advice for navigating political polarization in the classroom.
School Climate & Safety
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‘We Cannot Stop a Bullet’: A Principal Demands Better Gun Laws
When guns are easily accessible, not even the Secret Service can prevent every threat. Why would we expect teachers to do better?
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Social Studies
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Celebrating Black History Education: A Collection
This year’s special Education Week Opinion project celebrating Black History Month focuses on what is going well in Black history education.
School & District Management
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'I Used to Think School Systems Were Broken': Educators Reflect
Changing your mind or evolving your thinking is not easy. Hear how these education leaders did just that.
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The Principal Is In: Advice for Principals
In a biweekly Education Week column, experienced principals and other school leadership experts offer advice for their peers.
Student Well-Being
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How to Support Your Students Following a Traumatic News Day
Educators and researchers share their advice and reflections on how to respond to tragic events at home and abroad.
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Teaching Opinion Let Kids Be Weird. They Learn Better That WayThe more opportunities students have to showcase their personalities and creativity, the better off students (and teachers) will be.
Teaching Opinion Teachers Swear by These Instructional Approaches for Engaging StudentsIt's true that some strategies can take more time. But often, teachers have to slow down to move students forward.
Law & Courts Letter to the Editor Religion in the Classroom May Be Legal, But Is It Just?A teacher responds to Louisiana's Ten Commandments law.
Teaching Profession Opinion This Initiative Seeks to Redesign How We Staff SchoolsA team-based approach to school staffing gives room for educators, school leaders, and system leaders to rethink their roles.
English Learners Opinion Teachers Share Their Best Lessons for Intermediate English LearnersStudents build confidence in their language skills when they're taught four basic sentence structures, moving from simple to more complex.
Curriculum Opinion Media Literacy Is an Essential Skill. Schools Should Teach It That WayFrom biased news coverage to generative AI, students (and adults) need help now more than ever to stay abreast of what’s real—or misleading.
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Learn strategies for proactively identifying and addressing non-academic barriers to student success within an MTSS framework.
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How to Teach Digital & Media Literacy in the Age of AI
Join this free event to dig into crucial questions about how to help students build a foundation of digital literacy.
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Teaching Opinion 'Magical': How One Teacher Describes a Pandemic-Recovery MomentNot all student losses from the pandemic are headline-grabbing. Students have forgotten some basic skills.
Teaching Opinion How to Stifle Student Curiosity in 5 Steps (and What to Do Instead)In countless classrooms across the nation, I’ve observed well-intentioned teachers and administrators slowly stifle student creativity.
English Learners Opinion Short and Sweet Tips for Supporting English LearnersMore English learners than ever are enrolling in the nation's schools. Here's how every teacher can support them.
Teaching Opinion How to Ace Your First Year of TeachingA veteran teacher offers 9 tips for how to make your classroom calm and productive right from the start.
Classroom Technology Opinion The Promise and Peril of AI for EducationAs GPS did for our sense of direction, AI could erode students’ connection to knowledge.
Teaching Opinion Teacher Strategies for Making Learning More Relevant to StudentsOnce you understand what makes your students tick, you are better equipped to develop meaningful lessons.
Reading & Literacy
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Spotlight on Reading Fluency
This Spotlight will help you learn how much time should be spent on foundational reading skills, explore a key to reading success, and more.
Recruitment & Retention
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Spotlight on Teacher Shortages: Causes, Impacts, and Effective Solutions
This Spotlight will help you learn what teachers say keeps them on the job, key steps to building teacher pipelines, and more.
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Classroom Technology
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Spotlight on Academic Integrity & AI
This Spotlight will help you examine how teachers are combatting AI cheating, discover how to structure lessons in AI literacy, and more.