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Quality Counts Special Report Quality Counts 2017: Building on ESSA's K-12 Foundation
Quality Counts is Education Week's annual report on state-level efforts to improve public education. This 21st edition examines what states and districts are doing to make ready for the Every Student Succeeds Act’s implementation.
December 30, 2016
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Special Report Response to Intervention 2.0
Education Week's second special report on RTI explores how the instructional framework has expanded into new forms and uses in schools across the country.
December 14, 2016
Academic interventionist Pamela Westfall helps a group of 1st graders improve their reading skills at Elliott Elementary School in Holt, Mich.
Academic interventionist Pamela Westfall helps a group of 1st graders improve their reading skills at Elliott Elementary School in Holt, Mich.
Brian Widdis for Edcuation Week
Special Report The Changing Face of Literacy
The advent of computers, smartphone apps, e-books, and other electronic media devices has transformed the way Americans read. Is it changing the way our children learn to read and write as well?
November 9, 2016
Both printed texts and digital readers have their places in a 3rd grade classroom at Indian Run Elementary School in Dublin, Ohio.
Both printed texts and digital readers have their places in a 3rd grade classroom at Indian Run Elementary School in Dublin, Ohio.
Maddie McGarvey for Education Week
Special Report Personalized Learning 2016
The push to design teaching and learning around students’ distinctive academic needs, and even their personal interests, has entered the K-12 mainstream and its expansion is quickening.
October 19, 2016
Amity Elementary School 5th grade teacher Melissa McNutt, center, works with Emma Sizemore on the Happify app during a “character education” lesson at the Cincinnati-area school.
Amity Elementary School 5th grade teacher Melissa McNutt, center, works with Emma Sizemore on the Happify app during a “character education” lesson at the Cincinnati-area school.
Pat McDonogh for Education Week
Special Report Helping New Teachers Thrive
This special report explores the challenges new teachers face, and what schools of education, districts, and other organizations are doing to help them succeed.
October 5, 2016
Conceptual image of substitute teacher in classroom, colorized blue.
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Special Report Moving the Needle on Achievement
This special report dives into the toolbox available to those looking to boost school quality, and the opportunities and challenges posed by the new Every Student Succeeds Act.
September 28, 2016
Students Bradley Hart 16, left, and Fadhili Maina, 17, work on an experiment during a 12th grade AP Biology class at Franklin High School in Reisterstown, Md.
Students Bradley Hart 16, left, and Fadhili Maina, 17, work on an experiment during a 12th grade AP Biology class at Franklin High School in Reisterstown, Md.
Photos by Gabriella Demczuk for Education Week
Special Report Next Draft
Changing Practices in Writing Instruction
June 20, 2016
Close-up photograph of a young girl writing in a workbook while doing her elementary school work.
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Special Report Transforming the Classroom
June 6, 2016
Rafranz Davis, the Lufkin Independent School District’s executive director of professional and digital learning, takes a look at the way Dunbar Primary School students Alana Booker, left, 8, and Kyla Flemon, 8, interact with the computer.
Rafranz Davis, the Lufkin Independent School District’s executive director of professional and digital learning, takes a look at the way Dunbar Primary School students Alana Booker, left, 8, and Kyla Flemon, 8, interact with the computer.
Marie D. De Jesus for Education Week
Special Report High School Redesign
Over the years, Diplomas Count—in addition to its annual graduation-rate analysis—has highlighted issues critical to the goal of ensuring that all students get an equal opportunity to earn a high school diploma.
June 2, 2016
Erick Ramos, second from right, a senior at Mission Early College High School in El Paso, has a laugh with friends at his school. The group belongs to the Smash Club, where they play Super Smash Bros. on a TV they bring from home. Ramos has already earned enough credits through the school’s dual-credit program to be a junior at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Erick Ramos, second from right, a senior at Mission Early College High School in El Paso, has a laugh with friends at his school. The group belongs to the Smash Club, where they play Super Smash Bros. on a TV they bring from home. Ramos has already earned enough credits through the school’s dual-credit program to be a junior at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Ivan Pierre Aguirre for Education Week
Special Report Enseñar a los Estudiantes de Inglés Como Segundo Idioma
¿Qué tan buenos son los servicios que las escuelas les prestan a los estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma?
May 11, 2016
Ke’mari Barnes (izquierda) y Yesenia Gomez trabajan en conjunto con tarjetas de rompecabezas durante una clase del pre-kinder en la Academia de Dos Idiomas en Tulsa, Oklahoma. La mitad de los estudiantes de la escuela son estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma y representan un gran cambio demográfico en los últimos años en el distrito escolar.
Ke’mari Barnes (izquierda) y Yesenia Gomez trabajan en conjunto con tarjetas de rompecabezas durante una clase del pre-kinder en la Academia de Dos Idiomas en Tulsa, Oklahoma. La mitad de los estudiantes de la escuela son estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma y representan un gran cambio demográfico en los últimos años en el distrito escolar.
Shane Bevel para Education Week
Special Report Teaching America's English-Language Learners
Articles in this special report explore the efforts states and school districts are making to effectively teach English-language learners. También disponible en español.
May 11, 2016
Pre-K student Kailyn Walker reaches for a book in her classroom at the Dual Language Academy in Tulsa, Okla., where 50 percent of children are English-learners and students are taught in English and Spanish.
Pre-K student Kailyn Walker reaches for a book in her classroom at the Dual Language Academy in Tulsa, Okla., where 50 percent of children are English-learners and students are taught in English and Spanish.
Shane Bevel for Education Week
Special Report New Roles for a New Era
Articles in this special report explore the evolving roles of chief academic officers and chief technology officers in five school systems in California, Georgia, Iowa, Oregon, and New York.
March 28, 2016
Gwinnett County students in an Advanced Placement literature class at Lanier High School use an eCLass quiz widget called Kahoot that is run on a laptop. They use their wireless phones to answer the quiz questions.
Gwinnett County students in an Advanced Placement literature class at Lanier High School use an eCLass quiz widget called Kahoot that is run on a laptop. They use their wireless phones to answer the quiz questions.
Dustin Thomas Chambers for Education Week

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