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Teaching Profession Disciplined for Charlie Kirk Posts, These Teachers Fought Back—And Won
Several of them won settlements. But the legal line for punishing teachers over speech remains murky and contested.
Sarah D. Sparks
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Early Childhood Parents Are Reading Less to Preschool-Age Kids at Home. What’s to Blame?
A new study uncovers factors tied to shared reading habits at home.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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4 min read
Mathematics When Should Students Take Algebra? New Research Offers Clues
Delays aren't enough to help students who aren't ready to take Algebra 1 in 8th grade, a new analysis suggests.
Evie Blad
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4 min read
Teaching How Schools Can Help Support Postpartum Teachers
In an industry that provides little to no paid leave for parents, maternal mental health is a real concern.
Jennifer Vilcarino
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5 min read
Collage-style illustration of a mother holding a young baby with her hand held up to her forehead. Pieces of paper and hand-written schedules surround her and scribbles are in the background behind her head.
Illustration by Emily Wright for Education Week + Getty
College & Workforce Readiness Q&A Why 'Portrait of a Graduate' Initiatives Struggle to Transform Instruction
Researchers examined how 15 districts are working to build "portrait of a graduate" expectations.
Lauraine Langreo
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6 min read
Collage of a high school student with words in background and a white hand drawn line image of graduation cap.
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Teaching Profession Skills Change Fast in CTE. Can Teachers Keep Up?
As career education expands, teachers often are still left to find industry training on their own.
Sarah D. Sparks
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10 min read
Chief David Hope, left, instructs junior Madilyn Ruder during a Firefighting and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) academy course at South Tech High School in Sunset Hills, Mo., on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. Students spend half their school day learning skills before returning to their home high school for traditional courses. (Whitney Curtis for Education Week)
Teacher David Hope, left, instructs junior Madilyn Ruder during a firefighting and emergency Medical Technician (EMT) academy course at South Tech High School in Sunset Hills, Mo., on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. Hope has to foot the bill to keep up with fast-changing EMT technology, something many districts don't cover for their career and technical education teachers.
Whitney Curtis for Education Week
English Learners Opinion Try These Strategies to Engage Parents of English Learners
Parents can be more than allies in their children’s education. They can be experts.
Larry Ferlazzo
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8 min read
Conceptual illustration of classroom conversations and fragmented education elements coming together to form a cohesive picture of a book of classroom knowledge.
Sonia Pulido for Education Week

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  • "I'm trying to use 9/11 as a way to help them understand how historians do their work." Sari Beth Rosenberg, a teacher at M400 High School for Environmental Studies in Manhattan, carrying the lesson plan for her 11th Grade class on 9/11. New York, September 2026.
    Sari Beth Rosenberg, a U.S. history teacher at M400 High School for Environmental Studies in Manhattan, carries the 9/11 lesson plan for her 11th grade class, in New York City on Sept. 9, 2026. "I'm trying to use 9/11 as a way to help them understand how historians do their work," she said.
    Oliver Farshi for Education Week
    Teaching Q&A Teaching 9/11 When Students—and Their Parents—Don't Remember It
    A New York City teacher shares how her lesson on the terrorist attacks has evolved over the past 25 years.
    Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, September 9, 2026
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    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.
    Jabin Botsford For Education Week
    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
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    Young boy at a table in conversation.
    The young characters in François Truffaut's 1976 film "Small Change" illustrate how children are often capable of much more than adults grasp.
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    Teaching Opinion What Abilities Are Your Students Hiding From You?
    Education writer Alfie Kohn learned a big lesson from a teenager with an astonishing memory.
    Alfie Kohn, September 2, 2026
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    Lois Curtis, left, addresses a group at the state Capitol in Hartford, Conn., to observe the 10th anniversary of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that qualified patients have the right to receive community-based care rather than to be institutionalized. Curtis was one of the to plaintiffs in the suit, Olmstead v. L.C. and E.W.
    Lois Curtis, left, addresses a group at the Connecticut state Capitol in 2009 to mark the 10th anniversary of <i>Olmstead</i> v. <i>L.C.</i>, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling stemming from a lawsuit in which she was a lead plaintiff that established qualified patients' right to community-based care over institutionalization. In June, the U.S. Department of Justice stated it “will not rely upon the <i>Olmstead</i> Guidance in its enforcement” of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a move that advocates fear could upend transition planning for K-12 students who have disabilities.
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    Special Education New Federal Guidance Could Roll Back Special Ed. Transition Services
    New DOJ guidance threatens high school transition programs meant to help disabled students live independently.
    Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, September 1, 2026
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    Conceptual illustration of classroom conversations and fragmented education elements coming together to form a cohesive picture of a book of classroom knowledge.
    Sonia Pulido for Education Week
    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
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  • 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
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    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?
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    This photo taken on August 26, 2026, shows a book from the late music icon Dolly Parton's Imagination Library charitable program among flowers left at a memorial to the singer-songwriter, in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee. Parton's successful children's book donation project was borne of personal anguish: her own father grew up illiterate in rural Tennessee. The program sends books to children by mail for free, from birth until age five.
    A book from the late music icon Dolly Parton's Imagination Library's charitable program is shown at a memorial in her hometown of Sevierville, Tenn., on Aug. 26, 2026. Her organization has donated over 300 million reading materials to children in the United States and internationally since the program started.
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    Reading & Literacy How Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Will Still Aim to Nurture a 'Love of Reading'
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    A third grade students works with visual aids while learning fractions in a math class at New River Elementary school, 4710 River Glen Blvd, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 in Wesley Chapel.
    Visual aids help a student learn fractions at New River Elementary School in Wesley Chapel, Fla, on March 26, 2025. In recent years states have passed new legislation or policy requiring teacher training, math screening for students, or automatic enrollment in advanced class—changes that are inspired by other legislation in reading.
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    Mathematics States Are Changing Math Policy. Follow the Trend With EdWeek's New Tracker
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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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