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Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Spacing Out Childhood Vaccines
The order calls for splitting the MMR vaccine into three separate shots, a sequence that is not currently available in the U.S.
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Teacher Credibility: The Do’s and Don’ts of Earning Your Students’ Respect
Students start sizing up a teacher from day one. Here’s how you can be ready.
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Deepfakes Are Supercharging Cyberbullying. How Should Schools Respond?
The focus should be on prevention, not punishment, experts say.
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AI Gains Ground as a College-Search Tool for Parents
A survey of parents of high school students finds more are turning to AI for information about college choices.
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75% of Educators Expect Student Behavior to Be a Challenge This Year. What Else?
Students themselves are top of mind, even as districts face financial headwinds and broader uncertainty.
The ‘Science of Reading’ Movement Is Evolving. Is Math Next?
Schools can expect more change—and continued debate—as the push for evidence-based instruction continues.
Schools Brace for Growing Backlash to Classroom Screen Time
Many school leaders think a tech reset is overdue, but don't want to dump what's helping kids learn.
From the Feds on Down, School Funding Is Uncertain. What to Know
Federal turbulence during the Trump administration highlights the precarity of state and local funding, too.
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Spotlight on What Works: How District Leaders Are Redefining Student Readiness
See how districts are balancing college prep, career pathways, AI, and academic rigor to prepare students for success.
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Spotlight on the New Playbook for Professional Learning: Coaching, Collaboration, and Technology
Learn how sustained, collaborative PD, high-quality instructional materials, and emerging AI tools are reshaping educator learning.
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Spotlight on the Future of Special Education: Compliance, Data, and Transformation
Special ed is evolving fast, driven by compliance, data, accessible tech, and smarter supports for students with disabilities.
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Inside a Summer School Program for Special Education Students
Academic support offered between school years is especially important for students with learning differences.
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Two Principals, One Agenda: Keep Kids Safe From Immigration Action
Two principals talk to Education Week about how to work through the fear and chaos of ICE action.
Early Childhood
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How Play Carts Can Transform Early Education
Play carts make it easy to follow Connecticut’s play-based learning mandate.
Early Childhood
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A Charter School Finds 'Looping' Strategy Benefits Youngest Students
Capital City Public Charter School, the first parent-founded charter school in the nation’s capital, takes a unique approach to early learning.
Artificial Intelligence
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What AI Use Guidelines Should Look Like for Schools
Many teachers say they are not getting good guidance on how to use AI responsibly and effectively.
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Should K-12 Vendors Reach Out to Districts For Feedback After Losing An RFP?
New EdWeek Market Brief survey data explores whether records requests, phone calls, or other outreach after the buying process ends hurts a vendor relationship.
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What Education Products Do Students Say are Worth Using? We Asked Them
Students share about what they value in the products they use, where those tools fall short, and how companies can better design for end users.
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School districts are facing new graduation requirements, a push for evidence-based literacy, and new financial pressures.
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Engage2learn Acquires Instructional Coaching Group; DeweyLearn Raises $5M Series A
AI literacy-focused company Imagi also raised $4.5 million in its seed round, including from angel investor Will.i.am.
- LeadershipEquity & Diversity District Must Rename Schools After It Restored Confederate Names, Judge RulesThe district removed the Confederate names in 2020 only to bring them back four years later.
Court Orders Social Media Giant Meta to Pay $567M to Address Kids' Mental HealthThe ruling is another setback for Meta, which faces an avalanche of lawsuits from families.Some Schools Stop Free Meals for All as SNAP Enrollment FallsA rising number of schools no longer qualify for a federal program to provide free meals to all students.Policy & PoliticsLaw & Courts Judge Orders Meta to Build New Child Safeguards. Advocates Hope Other Courts FollowThe new online safety measures would include a monthly time limit and AI chatbot restrictions.
Trump's Education Department Is Letting Tens of Millions of Dollars ExpireEducation Week found the agency didn't spend its full budget last year and appears on track to do so again.Trump Overhaul Could Gut Head Start Preschool StandardsThe plan would shrink Head Start's 100-plus pages of regulations to about a dozen.Teaching & LearningReading & Literacy What is 'Linguistic' Phonics and Why Are Some Schools Adopting It?A new question is emerging in the "science of reading": Is one type of phonics instruction better than another?
Trump Admin. Moves to Dismantle Head Start Quality StandardsThe Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the federal regulations that have defined Head Start for decades.Could Public Preschool for 2-Year-Olds Become the Next Pre-K?New York City and New Mexico have started "2-K" programs. But are they sustainable?TechnologyArtificial Intelligence Students Created a National AI Policy Framework. Here’s What It IncludesNearly 100 students from across the country collaborated to set guardrails around AI use in schools.
School Districts Push Back Against State-Required AI Reading AssessmentsTwo school districts in New Mexico say the assessments could jeopardize students' data privacy.How District and School Leaders Respond to the 'Techlash' Will Be CriticalEducators recommend showing parents how technology is used for learning.
