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We Must Create Opportunities for STEM Learning

Our country is in trouble. That's the key takeaway from Sara Martinez Tucker's experience as the undersecretary in the U.S. Department of Education. (May 14, 2013)

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Using the Web-based storytelling platform Storify, Education Week Commentary compiled quotes, stories, photos, tweets, and readers' reflections on education issues. Recent collections include:

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Featured Blogs

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Top Commentaries

School Safety Requires More Than Punishment

The attorneys general in Illinois and Colorado write about the importance of mental-health services for troubled students. (May 14, 2013)

We Need a New Approach to Principal Selection

Meaningful educational change can only happen through effective and visionary leadership, write Ronald J. Bonnstetter and Bill J. Bonnstetter. (May 13, 2013)

The Plight of Teachers' Unions

(May 7, 2013)

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Letters to the Editor

• It's Not a Failure When Students Learn Differently
• Article Overstated Efficacy-Study Costs

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Teacher Voices

First Person

Fostering Teacher Expertise: Reflections From an Educator at Gates

Super-powered classrooms require hardworking, learning-oriented teachers, and support systems that fortify those teachers with the right tools, says the deputy director for effective teaching at the Gates Foundation. (May 6, 2013)

Teacher Leaders Network

Teaching Secrets: Spend Less on School Supplies

With school budgets tightening, teachers may feel even more pressure to spend their own money on classroom supplies. These tips can help keep the costs down to almost nothing, says a math teacher. (May 8, 2013)

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Commentary Collections

The Common Core State Standards have prompted numerous Education Week Commentaries and, in turn, reader responses. Read more. (August 20, 2012)

The Federal Role in Education

This collection of essays adapted for Education Week from the book Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit examines federal involvement in education policy. Read more. (May 1, 2012)

In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act, Education Week Commentary asked leaders in the K-12 community to consider the law's impact. Read more. (January 5, 2012)

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Roundtable Opinion Blog

OpEducation Blog: A Nation at Risk

For the first installment of OpEducation, five education thought leaders discuss the state of education on the 30th anniversary of the landmark report A Nation at Risk. (May 13, 2013)