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February 5, 2025

Education Week, Vol. 44, Issue 16
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.
President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term in office. Trump was expected to sign dozens of executive actions, some of them affecting schools, on his first day.
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Federal President Trump's Early Actions Undo Biden Efforts to Protect LGBTQ+ Students
Brooke Schultz, January 20, 2025
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A student arrives for school Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston.
A student arrives for school on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Boston. Schools are navigating new challenges after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ended its policy discouraging immigration enforcement at sensitive locations—such as schools.
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School & District Management How Schools Can Navigate Trump's Immigration Policies
Ileana Najarro, January 23, 2025
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President Donald Trump speaks in Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
President Donald Trump speaks in Emancipation Hall after his inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Trump signed a number of executive orders on his first day in office, including some taking aim at career civil servants in the federal government.
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Federal What Will Trump's Orders for Federal Workers Do to the Education Department?
Alyson Klein, January 21, 2025
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Education Briefly Stated: February 5, 2025
February 4, 2025
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Social Studies This Is How ‘Woke’ Schools Really Are—According to Students
Sarah Schwartz, January 22, 2025
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Teacher holding up a card with the letters "sh" and a young elementary student writing with pencil on paper. The desk shows other cards with letters and a tablet device.
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Reading & Literacy Researchers Created a Phonics Program With ‘Dramatic’ Results. How It Works
Sarah Schwartz, January 17, 2025
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Photograph of diverse kindergarten children with a young white teacher sitting on the floor for a lesson in their classroom.
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Teaching Profession Public Trust in Elementary School Teachers Declines—But Still Tops Most Other Professions
Evie Blad, January 17, 2025
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Teaching Profession Why Stressed-Out Teachers Should Heed New Health Warnings About Alcohol
Elizabeth Heubeck, January 17, 2025
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Illustration of a ruler tilted downward with books, a plus symbol and a number 1 starting to slide off. There is an educator pushing the number one in an effort to keep things behind it from sliding off.
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Student Achievement Reading Scores Fall to New Low on NAEP, Fueled by Declines for Struggling Students
Sarah Schwartz, January 29, 2025
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Education Funding These High Schoolers Are Suing for Better Schools. Can They Win?
Mark Lieberman, January 15, 2025
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Student silhouettes walk past a locked library cabinet.
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Social Studies Opinion Can’t Teach AP African American Studies? Start a Club
Nick Kennedy, January 30, 2025
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A group of children walk across a book under protective hands.
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Social Studies Opinion What We Can All Learn From Black Women in Education
Dawnavyn M. James, January 30, 2025
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Many hands build a pyramid of books.
Islenia Mil for Education Week
Social Studies Opinion What We Lose When We Only Teach ‘Respectable’ Black History
LaGarrett J. King , January 30, 2025
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