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Quality Counts Special Report Quality Counts 2011: Uncertain Forecast
Education Adjusts to a New Economic Reality
January 13, 2011
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Special Report Crafting E-Curriculum That Inspires
This special report examines how schools are working to create high-quality digital curricula and online courses.
January 12, 2011
Aimee Cvancara helps her son Peter, 5, with math work on a laptop computer at the family home in Anthem, Ariz. Peter is enrolled in the Arizona Virtual Academy, a K-12 online school that uses curriculum from Herndon, Va-based K12 Inc., a company that provides e-learning services. Elementary students in the academy must demonstrate mastery at subject checkpoints.
Aimee Cvancara helps her son Peter, 5, with math work on a laptop computer at the family home in Anthem, Ariz. Peter is enrolled in the Arizona Virtual Academy, a K-12 online school that uses curriculum from Herndon, Va-based K12 Inc., a company that provides e-learning services. Elementary students in the academy must demonstrate mastery at subject checkpoints.
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Special Report Professional Development (Special Report, 2010)
This special report aims to provide a fresh look at teacher professional development. The stories examine many facets of the training, including its research base, implementation in districts, cost, and evolution. For the project, our reporters drew on interviews with teachers, administrators, and scholars.
November 10, 2010
Young Female Teacher Giving a Lecture During an Adult Education Course in School, Having a Conversation with a Older Female with Laptop. Diverse Mature Students Doing Textbook Exercises in Classroom
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Special Report E-Learning 2010: E-Educators Evolving
This special report, the second in a three-part series on e-learning, aims to answer questions related to the growing role of e-educators in K-12 education.
September 22, 2010
Students at Champ Cooper Junior High in Ponchatoula, La., watch virtual teacher Julia Cooper during an algebra class that blends face-to-face and online teaching.
Students at Champ Cooper Junior High in Ponchatoula, La., watch virtual teacher Julia Cooper during an algebra class that blends face-to-face and online teaching.
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Special Report Graduation by the Numbers
This year's Diplomas Count explores the graduation-rate challenges facing many students and districts and looks at how schools are using data to help students finish high school and earn diplomas.
June 10, 2010
Signs congratulating B.M.C. Durfee High School seniors on their acceptance into colleges adorn the school’s hallways.
Signs congratulating B.M.C. Durfee High School seniors on their acceptance into colleges adorn the school’s hallways.
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Special Report E-Learning 2010: Assessing the Agenda for Change
Even though barriers to expansion of high-quality online learning remain, it is likely to play a critical role in changing the way K-12 education operates.
April 28, 2010
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Special Report Powering Up
Mobile learning seeks the spotlight in K-12 education
March 16, 2010
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Special Report Schools and the Stimulus 2010
As the first year of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ends and the second year begins, Education Week takes a close look at the impact education stimulus dollars have had and sheds light on what the next year will bring.
February 10, 2010
Special education teacher Julie Morgan welcomes a student at Blair Elementary School in New Hanover County, N.C. The county school district is planning to lay off her teaching assistant when federal stimulus funds run out this summer
Special education teacher Julie Morgan welcomes a student at Blair Elementary School in New Hanover County, N.C. The county school district is planning to lay off her teaching assistant when federal stimulus funds run out this summer
Sara D. Davis for Education Week
Quality Counts Special Report Quality Counts 2010: Fresh Course, Swift Current
Momentum and Challenges in the New Surge Toward Common Standards
January 14, 2010
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Special Report Broader Horizons
The Challenge of College Readiness for All Students
June 11, 2009
Close up of a Diploma and blue graduation ribbon.
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Special Report Breaking Away From Tradition
E-Education Expands Opportunities For Raising Achievement
March 26, 2009
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Quality Counts Special Report Quality Counts 2009: Portrait of a Population
How English-Language Learners Are Putting Schools to the Test
January 8, 2009
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