Education Week

Education Week is a national newspaper in the United States that focuses on K–12 education. It is produced by Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), a nonprofit organization based in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington DC. The newspaper releases 37 editions each year, including three special annual reports: Quality Counts, Technology Counts, and Diplomas Count.

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An Ed. Dept. Staffer's 6,000-Mile Journey to Find Closure After Abrupt Job Loss

1 week ago | edweek.org | Caitlynn Peetz

Road trips have become synonymous with turning points in Jane Hodgdon’s life. As a teacher in Colorado in the 1990s, she swore she would never go back to the East Coast, where she grew up, and work for the federal government, even as she often worked weekends and summers in local restaurants to make ends meet. But in 1999, she set out on a road trip with her then-husband to visit a handful of graduate programs she was considering.
Popular Reading Programs Feature 'Multisensory' Instruction. Does It Help?

1 week ago | edweek.org | Sarah Schwartz

For some elementary school students, reading lessons are an opportunity to get messy and get out of their seats. Kids learning how to map letters to sounds might trace A’s and B’s in sand or shaving cream on their desks, trace letters in the air, or stand up and form the shapes of the letters with their bodies. It’s a type of teaching called multisensory reading instruction.
Teachers Aren't Prepared or Equipped to Teach English Learners, Survey Finds

1 week ago | edweek.org | Ileana Najarro

More general education teachers find themselves working with English learners in their classrooms these days, but not all of them feel prepared or equipped with the best curricular materials to adequately serve these students. A new nationally representative survey from the RAND Corp.
5 Ways Schools Are Directly Feeling the Federal Funding Chaos

1 week ago | edweek.org | Mark Lieberman

Schools nationwide this year are confronting a torrent of consequential changes and substantial threats to their federal funding—with little relief in sight. In its first months, President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to cut billions of dollars in education grant funding; terminate contracts for efforts to support students and support the educator workforce; and change rules for existing funding streams without warning.
Quiz: What Are the Best Ways to Fight Chronic Absenteeism?

1 week ago | edweek.org | Caitlynn Peetz

The nagging chronic absenteeism problem that has hit schools nationwide especially hard since the pandemic remains top of mind for education leaders. But how much do you know about the factors that contribute to students’ absences?
Court Again Tells Trump Admin. to Restore Laid-Off Ed. Dept. Staffers

1 week ago | edweek.org | Matthew Stone

A federal court has again told the Trump administration to return laid-off U.S. Department of Education employees to the job—this time specifically to the arm of the federal agency that investigates discrimination complaints in schools.
Supreme Court Ruling May Redefine Transgender Rights in Schools

1 week ago | edweek.org | Mark Walsh

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law banning certain gender-transition treatments for transgender minors, in a decision with potential ripple effects for other state-level restrictions on transgender rights in education, including bans on transgender girls’ participation in school sports. Two justices, in fact, sent a signal that they believe states have wide authority to regulate sports eligibility and access to restrooms for transgender students.
A 'Tsunami' of Uncertainty Is Crashing Into Federal Funding for Schools

1 week ago | edweek.org | Mark Lieberman

Schools nationwide have spent most of 2025 confronting a dizzying slew of disruptions to federal funding—not just canceled grants and terminated contracts, but also slow reimbursements, delayed allocation estimates, unexpected rule changes, and a shortage of clear communications from federal agencies.
How AI Helps Our Students Deepen Their Writing (Yes, Really)

1 week ago | edweek.org | Dennis Magliozzi |Kristina Peterson

Since ChatGPT’s release, we have witnessed generative AI’s potential to push our 9th grade English students in ways that have surprised us. With ethical safeguards and guidance, they rise to the challenge of analyzing and questioning AI’s responses. Rather than viewing the technology as a way to cut corners or an unquestionable authority, our readers and writers use its responses to deepen their writing and thinking.
The High School Class Teaching Real-Life Skills

1 week ago | edweek.org | Elizabeth Heubeck

Most students are 18 when they graduate from high school—technically adults. But how well-prepared are they to handle the life skills adulthood requires, or even to choose a viable path forward? Not very, according to a Gallup-led national survey of high school students and their parents and guardians released earlier this month.