Issues

August 16, 2023

Education Week, Vol. 43, Issue 1
Lindsey Henderson, a secondary-mathematics specialist for the Utah board of education, talks about data science and the Utah Mathematics Pathways initiative with math educators during a seminar at Pleasant Grove High School in Pleasant Grove on May 30.
Lindsey Henderson, a secondary-mathematics specialist for the Utah board of education, talks about data science during a seminar at Pleasant Grove High School in Pleasant Grove, Utah, on May 30, 2023.
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Mathematics Project Are Students Getting All the Math They Need to Succeed?
Sarah D. Sparks, July 31, 2023
15 min read
Education Briefly Stated: August 16, 2023
August 15, 2023
8 min read
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Fourth-grade students Briley Williams, 9, left, and Jacqueline Naula, 9, work together in their English Language Arts class at Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden, Conn., on Dec. 9, 2022. School accountability measures show Meriden schools making academic gains including attendance and addressing social-emotional learning needs.
Fourth-grade students Briley Williams, 9, left, and Jacqueline Naula, 9, work together in their English/language arts class at Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden, Conn., on Dec. 9, 2022. Meriden schools have made progress on attendance and addressing social-emotional learning needs.
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Student teacher Lana Scott, who plans to graduate from Bowie State University in the spring of 2023, teaches a small group of kindergartners at Whitehall Elementary School the alphabet, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Bowie, Md.
Student teacher Lana Scott, who plans to graduate from Bowie State University in the spring of 2023, teaches a small group of kindergartners at Whitehall Elementary School the alphabet, Jan. 24, 2023, in Bowie, Md.
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A woman in a blue blazer stands behind a podium on stage in a high school gymnasium. Behind her, children wearing Alaska Native clothing sit in front of a bright blue wall.
Kimberly Hankins, the superintendent of the Lower Kuskokwim School District in Bethel, Alaska, speaks before a visit from first lady Jill Biden at the Bethel Regional High School gym on May 17, 2023.
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Former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at the Moms for Liberty national summit in Philadelphia on June 30, 2023. Trump is more focused on education during his third presidential run, and has said multiple times that school principals should be elected.
Former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at the Moms for Liberty national summit in Philadelphia on June 30, 2023. Trump is more focused on education during his third presidential run, and has said multiple times that school principals should be elected.
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Students walk through a gate at Harvard University on June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Mass. In the wake of a Supreme Court decision that removes race from the admissions process, colleges are coming under renewed pressure to put an end to legacy preferences, the practice of favoring applicants with family ties to alumni. At Harvard, which released years of records as part of the lawsuit that ended up before the Supreme Court, legacy students were eight times more likely to be admitted, and nearly 70% were white, researchers found.
Students walk through a gate at Harvard University on June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard was a named defendant in a June U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the consideration of race in college admissions.
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First grader June Ferguson participates in a Slow Reveal Graph exercise about heart rates in animals led by Jenna Laib, the math specialist at Michael Driscoll School in Brookline, Mass., in June. Laib curates a website for the program, which provides instructional routines that help students make sense of data by gradually revealing information.
First grader June Ferguson participates in a Slow Reveal Graph exercise about heart rates in animals led by Jenna Laib, the math specialist at Michael Driscoll School in Brookline, Mass., in June. Laib curates a website for the program, which helps students make sense of data by gradually revealing information.
Sophie Park for Education Week
Mathematics Project Finding Time for Math Across the Curriculum
Sarah D. Sparks, July 31, 2023
7 min read
Illustration of a boy standing on an open book facing large shadowy hands stopping his progress.
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Photo illustration of a team of diverse professionals reviewing content on tablet.
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Education Week opinion letters submissions
Gwen Keraval for Education Week
Special Education Letter to the Editor Reevaluating My Language Around Disability
August 15, 2023
1 min read
Education Week opinion letters submissions
Gwen Keraval for Education Week
Law & Courts Letter to the Editor Why Does America Still Need Affirmative Action?
August 15, 2023
1 min read
Illustration of diverse leaders working through problems over the shadow of a coronavirus.
Vanessa Solis/Education Week + iStock
School & District Management Opinion 6 Steps Leaders Should Take to Prepare for Students’ Return
Joshua P. Starr, July 27, 2023
4 min read