Assessment
What Should Teachers Do When Students—or Parents—Ask for a Better Grade?
Plenty of students, and even parents, ask teachers to change their grades. This story is part of a new special report on grading and assessment.
Teaching Profession
Movement Breaks Aren’t Just for Kids—Teachers Need Them Too
Exercise routines can enhance teachers' well-being and effectiveness. This is part of a visual series on creative ways to integrate movement.
School & District Management
Opinion
Lawmakers Don’t Know What Happens in Schools. Principals Can Help
School leaders must fight to take education funding off the political battlefield.
Ed-Tech Policy
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Which States Ban or Restrict Cellphones in Schools?
Arizona is the 25th state to pass a law or enact a policy that bans or restricts cellphone use in schools.
Federal
Opinion
Federal Education Research Has Been 'Shredded.' What's Driving This?
How to understand why the Trump administration's axe fell so heavily on the IES.
School & District Management
What Superintendents Say About Summer School, in Charts
Districts have to find new ways to pay for summer programs they started or expanded with pandemic aid.
What Are Grades Really For? What Research Says About 4 Common Answers
Differing opinions about the purpose of grades are at the heart of the grading debate.
Grading for Equity: Inside One District’s Big Policy Shift
Districts have been shifting grading to strictly assess student learning without add-ons such as extra credit.
Why Some Schools Are Ditching Class Rank and Weighted GPAs
Educators wonder whether it is time to revisit class rank and weighted GPAs.
What Should Teachers Do When Students—or Parents—Ask for a Better Grade?
Plenty of students, and even parents, ask teachers to change their grades. Here's how teachers react.
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As tutoring gains traction in schools, district leaders face critical questions: where to find tutors and how to support them. Education experts share best practices for building effective, sustainable tutoring programs. The abridged article below is the first in an ongoing series focused on real-world challenges and solutions for implementing successful tutoring programs on a large scale.
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Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Marketing To District and School Leaders at Conferences and Trade Shows?
Think you know what catches a K-12 leader’s eye at conferences? Take this quiz and test your marketing savvy.
Student Well-Being
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Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Student Mental Health & Well-Being?
Answer 7 questions about the state of student mental health & well-being.
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Classroom Technology
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Teachers, Try This: Digital Literacy Lessons for Elementary Students
Students are encountering technology at an early age. It's important they know how to interact safely with a digital world.
Student Well-Being
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How Urban Schools Bring Lessons to Life Through Gardening
School gardens can connect classroom lessons with the wider world while offering lifelong learnings for students.
Student Well-Being
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What’s Behind the Political Criticisms of Social-Emotional Learning?
The Trump administration says SEL is being used to veil discrimination. What does that mean for schools?
Student Well-Being
Video
The First Rule of SEL for Older Students? Don’t Be Boring
Middle and high schoolers are a much tougher audience for social-emotional-learning lessons.
Student Well-Being
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The Skills Employers Want Most in the AI Age All Have Something in Common
Explaining how SEL can help students prepare for the working world may help more families get behind it, educators say.
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Strategy & Operations
Market Analysis
3 Emerging Conversations in the Education Sector: Company Executives Weigh In
Education leaders at the ASU+GSV Summit spoke with EdWeek Market Brief about where school district needs are headed next.
Education Market
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New Special Report: What's Next for the K-12 Math Market?
EdWeek Market Brief uses surveys of district decision-makers, as well as reporting and analysis, to explore purchasing priorities.
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How to Bring Students Into Your Product Development Plans
Smart education companies can move beyond seeking "student voice" to accepting them as influencers, says an advisor at Digital Promise.
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Market Failures: What Industry Leaders Say the 'Patagonia Vests' in Ed Tech Keep Getting Wrong
A panel of speakers at this week's ASU+GSV conference lays out where the education sector falls short in serving schools.
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Another Court Lets the Trump Admin. Keep Teacher-Training Grants FrozenA federal appeals court overturned a lower court's order that had temporarily restored millions of dollars in terminated grant funds.Trump Cut Teacher-Training Grants for Schools and Colleges. Now What?Some educator-preparation programs have little hope of getting their money back, even if court cases advance.Teaching & LearningScience AP's Newest Computer Science Course Has Attracted More Diverse StudentsIn schools where the course is offered, more girls, Black students, and Latino students take an AP computer science exam, a new study finds.
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