Stephen Sawchuk

1 week ago | edweek.org | Madeline Will |Stephen Sawchuk |Maya Riser-Kositsky

Teaching has long been viewed as a low-paid job, but there’s more to teachers’ compensation than just take-home paychecks. “Although teaching is a profession, the way that teachers are paid looks a lot more like the way we pay blue-collar workers in the United States,” said Jacob Vigdor, a professor of public policy and governance at the University of Washington. What exactly does that look like? We spoke with experts to break down how teachers are paid. How much do teachers make?

2 months ago | edweek.org | Stephen Sawchuk |Lauren Santucci

Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Copy URL The latest results of the federally administered National Assessment of Educational Progress show continuing declines in students’ reading scores and some modest progress in math. Listen as Education Week breaks down the findings—and how to interpret them.

Oct 28, 2024 | edweek.org | Stephen Sawchuk |Lauren Santucci

Reading is often taught as a generic skill that works the same in every context. But reading a poem and reading a scientific text make very different demands on the reader. Education Week’s latest special report delves into this idea of reading across disciplines. Teachers don’t have to be experts on reading theory to support their students in this work.

Oct 28, 2024 | edweek.org | Stephen Sawchuk

Would you read Anna Karenina the same way you’d digest a new article on respiratory illnesses in “Science”? The answer feels obvious, even if the concept used to describe that difference—"disciplinary literacy"—sounds wonky. Disciplinary literacy goes beyond the idea of reading widely in the content areas and their own vocabularies.

Oct 4, 2024 | edweek.org | Stephen Sawchuk |Sarah Schwartz

More than five months after students took their spring state tests, nearly a dozen states still have not publicly released the baseline results, according to an Education Week review of states’ websites. The list includes both populous states, California and New York among them, alongside much smaller ones, like South Dakota and Maine. The glacial pace of score releases isn’t an aberration. It’s on par with the 2023 timeline, according to a separate tally by education analyst Chad Aldeman.