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Recruitment & Retention What the Research Says Where Do Teachers Who Leave Their Job Go? See the Charts
District administrators may have more ability to guide teacher turnover than they think, new data suggest.
Sarah D. Sparks, September 3, 2026
4 min read
Pre-K students line up outside a classroom at the South Education Center, on April 2, 2014, in San Antonio.
Pre-K students line up outside a classroom at the South Education Center in San Antonio on April 2, 2014. Some experts have raised concerns about whether it's developmentally appropriate for preschoolers to stand and walk in lines.
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Early Childhood Get in Line! Pre-K Expansion May Force 4-Year-Olds to Act Like Older Students
Experts explain why lines for little kids don't make sense, and offer alternatives.
Elizabeth Heubeck, September 3, 2026
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WASHINGTON,DC - JUNE 10: Dr. Aaron Spence, Superintendent, Loudoun County Public Schools and Dr. Macquline King, Superintendent and CEO of Chicago Public Schools speak during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing titled “Breaking Trust: Attacks On Parental Rights, Inappropriate Content, And Legal Abuses In America’s Schools” on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Dr. Aaron Spence, Superintendent, Loudoun County Public Schools, and Dr. Macquline King, Superintendent and CEO of Chicago Public Schools, speak during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Superintendents believe pre-K is a priority for their districts, but it doesn't often translate to actively supporting early grades.
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Early Childhood Q&A If District Leaders Support Pre-K, Then Why Is It Not a Top Priority?
Superintendents can empower other leaders to nurture and grow their district's pre-K program.
Olina Banerji, September 2, 2026
6 min read
Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) testifies on the OMB budget during a House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2025.
Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, testifies during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 4, 2025. OMB has been slow to release congressionally appropriated funding to the Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S. Department of Education's research arm. IES now has just weeks to spend $180 million before it expires.
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Education Funding Ed. Dept. Risks Letting $180 Million for Research Expire as Deadline Looms
Spending by the agency's research arm has lagged most significantly compared with previous years.
Mark Lieberman, September 2, 2026
6 min read
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Mathematics Opinion The Five Questions You Should Ask Before Believing the ‘Science of Math’
Here’s why we should be wary of people claiming to have found the next "science of reading."
Larry Ferlazzo, September 1, 2026
5 min read
English teacher Jessica Gallo assists students during a writing exercise in her classroom at Dekaney High School in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
English teacher Jessica Gallo assists students during a writing exercise in her classroom at Dekaney High School in Houston, on Sept. 16, 2025. Newcomer immigrant students in high school with low English-proficiency face multiple barriers schools can address.
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English Learners Immigrant Students Face Big Barriers to Success in High School
A new study highlights how schools in Massachusetts serve newly arrived immigrants in high school.
Ileana Najarro, August 31, 2026
4 min read
In this Friday, March 13, 2020 photo, Pre-K students Nivayeh O'neal, 4, left, and Harper Lietchy, 5, go through the lunch line at Rivermont elementary school in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Pre-K students go through the lunch line at Rivermont Elementary School on March 13, 2020, in Chattanooga, Tenn. As a growing number of states plan to expand access to publicly funded pre-K, experts question its impact and direction.
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Early Childhood Q&A The Pre-K Push: Are Current Preschool Models Heading the Wrong Way?
Dale C. Farran has spent five decades studying early education, and shares her insights with EdWeek.
Elizabeth Heubeck, August 31, 2026
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Froylan Vasquez (foreground) and Gaby Ortiz, students at the High school of Science and Technology in Springfield, remove a tire in the automotive shop at Putnam Vocational Technical Academy. This is part of the After Dark Vocational Program at the two schools on April 9,2024.
Froylan Vasquez, foreground, and Gaby Ortiz, students at the High School of Science and Technology in Springfield, Mass., remove a tire in the automotive shop at Putnam Vocational Technical Academy. This is part of the After Dark Vocational Program at the two schools on April 9, 2024. Students who don't tend to go directly to college say they generally get less information on post-high school options.
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College & Workforce Readiness Is There a Counseling Gap for Non-College-Going Students?
And many high schoolers say they don't complete the work-based learning they want to experience.
Sarah Schwartz, August 31, 2026
3 min read
Student Caleb McDowell participates in an AI tutoring program at Nina Otero Community School in Santa Fe, N.M., on Jan. 23, 2025.
Student Caleb McDowell participates in an AI tutoring program at Nina Otero Community School in Santa Fe, N.M., on Jan. 23, 2025. Emerging research suggests that the level of involvement by a human tutor is a key factor in the effectiveness of AI-assisted tutoring.
Minesh Bacrania for Education Week
Artificial Intelligence What the Research Says When Does AI Help Most With Tutoring? What Emerging Research Says
A brief from Stanford's SCALE initiative examines the existing evidence on using AI in tutoring.
Lauraine Langreo, August 28, 2026
4 min read
Students learn Arabic words while playing with bilingual flash cards during Modern Arabic 1 class at Richards High School in Oak Lawn, Ill., on April 17, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Students learn Arabic words while playing with bilingual flash cards during Modern Arabic 1 class at Richards High School in Oak Lawn, Ill., on April 17, 2026. Many bilingual education programs do not extend beyond elementary school to secondary grades, a new analysis shows.
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English Learners Why Bilingual Education in High School is Hard to Find
A new report highlights the challenges and solutions to offering bilingual education in high school.
Ileana Najarro, August 28, 2026
4 min read
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Mathematics Letter to the Editor We Can't Fall Into 'Math Wars'
The real opportunity for the field is not to choose sides but to build stronger bridges.
August 28, 2026
1 min read
Nursery Rhymes, Disappearing, children's books, kids books, early childhood, early literacy
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Early Childhood Hey Diddle Diddle: What the Decline of Nursery Rhymes Means for Early Literacy
Nursery rhymes aren't just a quaint nod to the past: They're an engaging way to grow literacy skills.
Elizabeth Heubeck, August 27, 2026
5 min read