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February 19, 2025

Education Week, Vol. 44, Issue 18
A kindergartener in a play-based learning class prepares for outdoor forest play time at Symonds Elementary School in Keene, N.H. on Nov. 7, 2024.
A kindergartener prepares for outdoor forest play time at Symonds Elementary School in Keene, N.H., on Nov. 7, 2024.
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Student Well-Being From Our Research Center Why School Isn't Working for Many Boys and What Could Help
Elizabeth Heubeck, January 27, 2025
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8 min read
Education Briefly Stated: February 19, 2025
February 18, 2025
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8 min read
Piles of white books decreasing in number showing a downward trend.
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Student Achievement Why Are Reading Scores Still Falling on the Nation’s Report Card?
Sarah Schwartz, January 29, 2025
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9 min read
An open book with scattered letters, graphs, math symbols and shapes floating on a dark blue background.
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Student Achievement Big Cities See Bright Spots on NAEP, But Worry About Keeping Up Interventions
Caitlynn Peetz, January 30, 2025
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7 min read
A line of school children with obscured faces board a school bus on their way to school.
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School & District Management School Leaders Rush to Manage Deportation Fears
Ileana Najarro & Olina Banerji, January 31, 2025
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9 min read
The School District of Philadelphia headquarters are shown in Philadelphia on July 23, 2024.
The School District of Philadelphia headquarters are shown in Philadelphia on July 23, 2024. The district is embarking on a yearlong process to assess which of its smaller schools may need to close.
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School & District Management As It Closes Schools, This District Wants to Avoid the Mistakes of the Past
Caitlynn Peetz, January 24, 2025
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7 min read
A student uses their cell phone after unlocking the pouch that secures it from use during the school day at Bayside Academy on Aug. 16, 2024, in San Mateo, Calif.
A student uses a cellphone after unlocking the pouch that secures it from use during the school day at Bayside Academy in San Mateo, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2024.
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Ed-Tech Policy More States Are Moving to Ban Cellphones at School. Should They?
Lauraine Langreo & Arianna Prothero, February 6, 2025
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8 min read
School kids placing putting phones away during class
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Ed-Tech Policy What Schools Look Like Without the Cellphone Distraction
Olina Banerji, February 4, 2025
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7 min read
President-elect Donald Trump walks with Elon Musk before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas.
President-elect Donald Trump walks with Elon Musk before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have ended contracts totaling millions that fund data collections and educator resources at the U.S. Department of Education.
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Federal Educators Reeling as Trump Takes 'Sledgehammer' to Education Department Contracts
Sarah D. Sparks & Alyson Klein, February 11, 2025
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10 min read
Kindergarteners in a play-based learning class react when asked to find their shadows on the ground while following teacher Jessica Arrow back from forest play time at Symonds Elementary School in Keene, N.H., on Nov. 7, 2024.
Kindergarteners react when asked to find their shadows on the ground while following teacher Jessica Arrow back from forest play time at Symonds Elementary School in Keene, N.H., on Nov. 7, 2024.
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Early Childhood Kindergarten Play Makes a Comeback, and Boys Benefit
Elizabeth Heubeck, January 27, 2025
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9 min read
Math manipulatives on a graph paper notebook.
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Mathematics Opinion One Thing We Get Wrong About Teaching Math (and How to Fix It)
Sara Delano Moore, January 17, 2025
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5 min read
Digital art painting of girl looking at a glowing screen, acrylic on canvas texture, storytelling illustration
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Student Well-Being Opinion Generation Alpha Is Defined by Tragedy
Bettina L. Love, February 6, 2025
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3 min read
Collage illustration of students learning to read, literacy
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Reading & Literacy Opinion Don’t Blame ‘Science of Reading’ for Low Scores
Angélica Infante-Green, February 10, 2025
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5 min read

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