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Top Education Stories of 2014

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To provide a sense of what was high on our readers’ priority lists in 2014, the editors at Education Week compiled a list of our 10 most-viewed articles.

Education Opinion Top Opinion Blog Posts of 2014: Education Week's Most-Viewed
Education Week's opinion bloggers discussed and debated student learning styles, test-based accountability, the common core, and more in the most-read posts of the year.
December 30, 2014
Education Opinion Top Education Commentaries of 2014: Education Week's Most-Viewed
To give a sense of which opinion essays our readers found most compelling in 2014, the editors at Education Week have compiled a list of our 10 most-viewed Commentaries.
December 30, 2014
Standards & Accountability Cutoff Scores Set for Common-Core Tests
More than half the students who take the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium test are expected to fall below the cutoffs for grade-level proficiency in English/language arts and mathematics.
Catherine Gewertz, November 17, 2014
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Standards & Accountability Common Core Redoes the Math
Schools and teachers face complex challenges and competing demands as they work toward implementing the new math standards.
Liana Loewus, November 10, 2014
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6 min read
Pallbearers dressed as superheroes carry the casket of 7-year-old Sebastian Gerena at his funeral last month in Philadelphia. The boy, who had a rare heart defect, died after collapsing at a South Philadelphia public school that had no full-time nurse on duty.
Pallbearers dressed as superheroes carry the casket of 7-year-old Sebastian Gerena at his funeral last month in Philadelphia. The boy, who had a rare heart defect, died after collapsing at a South Philadelphia public school that had no full-time nurse on duty.
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Student Well-Being Philadelphia Tragedy Highlights Role of School Nurses
The death of a student who got sick at a school with no full-time nurse on duty has renewed a nationwide debate over the need for school nurses—even amid budget cuts.
Denisa R. Superville & Evie Blad, June 2, 2014
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Standards & Accountability National Landscape Fragments as States Plan Common-Core Testing
A 50-state survey by Education Week finds that the shared exams being developed by two assessment consortia are losing sway as more states pursue their own paths.
Catherine Gewertz & Andrew Ujifusa, May 20, 2014
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6 min read
School Choice & Charters Public Schools Outperform Private Schools, Book Says
A pair of researchers have published a controversial book reigniting the long-running debate over academic achievement in public vs. private schools.
Holly Kurtz, May 13, 2014
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7 min read
Ray Harney of Rockville, Ind., lets his feelings be known about the common core while attending a public hearing recently at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis.
Ray Harney of Rockville, Ind., lets his feelings be known about the common core while attending a public hearing recently at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis.
Aaron P. Bernstein for Education Week
Standards & Accountability Resistance to the Common Core Mounts
Critics of the standards for English/language arts and mathematics span the political spectrum, from tea-party members to union leaders.
Andrew Ujifusa, April 21, 2014
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11 min read
School & District Management More Than Half of Students 'Engaged' in School, Says Poll
A new report from Gallup Education shows just how powerful schools and teachers can be in motivating students to take an active role in the classroom.
Evie Blad, April 9, 2014
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7 min read
“The landscape of what districts are facing is changing at light speed. We have to come together as educational entities and say to vendors that certain privacy protections are nonnegotiable,” says Lenny Schad, chief technology officer for the Houston Independent School District.
“The landscape of what districts are facing is changing at light speed. We have to come together as educational entities and say to vendors that certain privacy protections are nonnegotiable,” says Lenny Schad, chief technology officer for the Houston Independent School District.
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Law & Courts Google Under Fire for Data-Mining Student Email Messages
The company acknowledges scanning the emails of Apps for Education users and faces allegations in a federal lawsuit that it built "surreptitious user profiles" for advertising purposes.
Benjamin Herold, March 13, 2014
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13 min read
First graders Diana Vieyra, front, and Mia Roughton, line up with classmates as they switch from math to social studies class at Blue Ridge Elementary School in Walla Walla, Wash. The school has departmentalized instruction since 2010, moving even the youngest students from teacher to teacher for different subjects.
First graders Diana Vieyra, front, and Mia Roughton, line up with classmates as they switch from math to social studies class at Blue Ridge Elementary School in Walla Walla, Wash. The school has departmentalized instruction since 2010, moving even the youngest students from teacher to teacher for different subjects.
Molly Van Wagner for Education Week
Teaching 'Platooning' on the Rise in Early Grades
The practice of assigning teachers to subject-specific classes, long a staple of middle and high schools, is gaining ground at the elementary level.
Catherine Gewertz, February 18, 2014
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9 min read
States Equity in Achievement, Funding Are Hurdles for States Amid Progress
Quality Counts 2014 rates states and the nation on key student-performance and finance indicators.
Sterling C. Lloyd, January 3, 2014
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8 min read