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Recruitment & Retention What the Research Says What 4 New Studies Say About How Districts Can Attract—and Retain—Teachers
New insights on teachers' starting salaries, working conditions, and contract work can help leaders better hire and retain teachers.
Sarah D. Sparks, January 10, 2025
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Policy & Politics Opinion 'Conversation Over. Case Closed': Groupthink Is Hobbling Education Scholarship
Research isn't giving educators what they want, but a reset that encourages greater intellectual diversity is possible.
Rick Hess, January 9, 2025
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Luca D'Urbino for Education Week
Policy & Politics Opinion 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence: Top 10 Lists
Where scholars rank within their discipline may be more telling than where they are in the overall rankings.
Rick Hess, January 9, 2025
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Student Well-Being From Our Research Center Is Student Behavior Getting Any Better? What a New Survey Says
Student misbehavior has routinely topped teachers' lists of concerns and most pressing challenges in recent years.
Caitlynn Peetz, January 8, 2025
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The United States Capitol building as a bookcase filled with red, white, and blue policy books in a Washington DC landscape.
Luca D'Urbino for Education Week
Policy & Politics Opinion The 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings Unveiled
The rankings recognize the university-based scholars in the United States whose influence shaped educational practice and policy.
Rick Hess, January 8, 2025
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College & Workforce Readiness What Parents Say They Want Their Kids to Get Out of High School
A new poll finds that parents strongly support more options for their kids that might reshape the high school experience.
Ileana Najarro, January 7, 2025
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The United States Capitol building as a bookcase filled with red, white, and blue policy books in a Washington DC landscape.
Luca D'Urbino for Education Week
Policy & Politics Opinion The 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Scoring Formula
Rick Hess will unveil the 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings tomorrow. Here is the methodology used to generate those rankings.
Rick Hess, January 7, 2025
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The United States Capitol building as a bookcase filled with red, white, and blue policy books in a Washington DC landscape.
Luca D'Urbino for Education Week
Policy & Politics Opinion What It Takes to Be an Effective Education Scholar
The 2025 RHSU Scholar Rankings will be released soon. How do the top scholars come by their influence?
Rick Hess, January 6, 2025
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Science The STEM Stereotypes That Hold Students Back Aren't What You Think
Girls may not underrate their math performance compared to boys, after all. But math-oriented sciences are a different matter.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 19, 2024
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Artificial Intelligence Can AI Improve Literacy Outcomes for English Learners?
The federal government is funding a project that will explore AI's potential to improve English learners' early literacy skills.
Alyson Klein, December 18, 2024
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Classroom Technology What Does Watching All Those Videos Do to Kids’ Brains?
Video content is ubiquitous inside and outside classrooms. Educators should know how it affects students.
Arianna Prothero, December 17, 2024
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Policy & Politics Opinion The Best and Worst Education News of 2024
There was plenty to celebrate in public education this year, but not all was rosy.
Larry Ferlazzo, December 16, 2024
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School & District Management 3 Ways to Be an Instructional Leader: A Guide for Principals
Instructional leadership can mean different things to different administrators. A new report gives three common models.
Olina Banerji, December 13, 2024
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Special Education Schools Lag in IDing Kids Who Need Special Education. Are They Catching Up?
Schools in one state are making progress addressing a pandemic-fueled backlog of special education identifications.
Evie Blad, December 11, 2024
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