Elementary principals’ main concerns are students’ emotional problems, mental health issues, poverty, and other factors connected to well-being. Many of those issues did not crack the top 10 concerns of principals just a decade ago.

Charter schools in Washington are serving students with disabilities, and almost all of them are doing so at rates higher than the state average, and the district in which they are located. It is important to note that Washington state…

Reading and Writing Instruction in America’s Schools, authored by Fordham’s senior research and policy associate David Griffith and FDR Group’s Ann Duffett, suggests real progress in implementing state ELA standards, but also—like the baseline 2013 report—real cause for concern. For…

With this Safer School Supplies: Shopping Guide, parents, teachers, and students can make more informed decisions while shopping for school supplies this season. We want to give parents and teachers the option to choose school supplies that do not contain…

This quiz is sponsored by National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). Education Week has full editorial control of content. Question #1: True or False: According to the 2015 National Assessment of Education Progress, gaps are increasing between black and Hispanic students and their white…

States are evaluated by the Education Department each year in how well they meet both the regulations of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as well as how students with disabilities are performing academically.

Recent U.S. education reform has focused on defining and raising the subject-matter standards students are expected to meet. In order to get their students up to snuff, schools are extending the school day and putting more and more emphasis on…

This Statistics in Brief examines differences in the student and school characteristics of kindergartners who participated in instructional programs designed to teach English language skills and students who did not participate in such programs in the kindergarten class of 2010–11.…

This study examines a teacher incentive policy in Washington State that awards a financial bonus to National Board certified teachers in high poverty schools. The bonus policy increased the proportion of certified teachers in bonus-eligible schools by improving hiring, increasing…

The teaching workforce in the United States remains predominantly white, even as the student body grows increasingly diverse. In an earlier look at teacher diversity, we examined where potential teachers of color fall out of the teaching pipeline and found…

Teacher leaders are well-positioned to influence positive instructional change in other teachers’ practices and can be even more impactful when equipped with tools that help them lead productive professional learning experiences. In Teacher Practice Networks (TPN), an initiative of the…

How do school communities create environments that fully prepare both English language learners and dual-language learners for college and career? This book profiles six high-performing high schools that had a singular focus on improving the educational outcomes of English language…