Policy & Politics
Education news, analysis, and opinion about the legislation, guidance, policies and people involved in federal and state government
Law & Courts
Court Revives Asian-American Groups' Challenge to New York City Selective Admissions
New York's program has sought to increase representation of Black and Latino students in its selective high schools.
Education Funding
Gun Violence Takes a Toll. We Need More Support, Principals Tell Congress
At a congressional roundtable, school leaders made an emotional appeal for more funds to help schools recover from gun violence.
Education Funding
ESSER Is Ending. Which Investments Accomplished the Most?
Districts have until Sept. 30 to commit their last round of federal COVID aid to particular expenses.
Accountability
State Accountability Systems Aren't Actually Helping Schools Improve
The systems under federal education law should do more to shine a light on racial disparities in students' performance, a new report says.
Education Funding
Billions of Dollars for School Buildings Are on the Ballot This November
Several large districts and the state of California hope to capitalize on interest in the presidential election to pass big bonds.
Policy & Politics
Interactive
Education Week's Guide to the 2024 Election
The presidential race isn't the only one on ballots this November that could have major implications for K-12 schools.
Federal
Moms for Liberty Co-Founder Would Be 'Honored' to Be Trump's Education Secretary
The conservative education activist is "as much in the mix as anyone," according to a former GOP congressional staffer.
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Federal Opinion Project 2025 Might Feel New, But Its Roots Reach Back DecadesIt represents the culmination of a movement to gut public education, writes Bettina L. Love.
Education Funding Explainer How One Grant Can Help Schools Recover From ShootingsSchools can leverage a little-known emergency grant to recover from violence or a natural disaster. Here’s how.
School Choice & Charters Private School Choice in the 2024 Election, ExplainedThree states will ask voters to weigh in on private school choice, and another state could pave the way for more funding for choice.
Policy & Politics Opinion How Does the Practitioner-Policymaker Divide Impede Schooling?Policy types and teachers often talk past one another. But do they have to?
School Choice & Charters How Private School Choice Complicates Public School BudgetsDistricts are seeing higher costs and fuzzier enrollment projections as more states give parents public funds for private education.
Law & Courts The New Title IX Regulation and Legal Battles Over It, ExplainedThe Biden administration's regulation that interprets Title IX to protect LGBTQ+ students faces multiple legal challenges.
Recruitment & Retention
Quiz
Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Teacher Retention & Recruitment?
Answer 7 questions about teacher retention and recruitment.
Teaching
Quiz
QUIZ: Can You Spot the False Claims About Learning and the Brain?
Test your knowledge of common facts and myths about learning science.
Science
Spotlight
Spotlight on STEM in Education
This Spotlight will help you learn how to bolster the STEM teacher pipeline, discover how hands-on learning increases engagement, and more.
Reading & Literacy
Spotlight
Spotlight on Reading & Literacy
This Spotlight will help you learn how classroom conversations can boost reading proficiency, examine literacy retention policies, and more.
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School Choice & Charters A Private School Choice Program Is Illegal, State Court Rules. What Comes Next?South Carolina's education savings account program is no more.
Federal Days After Georgia Shooting, No Mention of Safety or Schools in Trump-Harris DebateThe debate came less than a week after two students and two teachers were killed at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga.
Law & Courts Court Upholds Injunction on Arizona Transgender Sports Ban for Young AthletesA federal appeals court upholds an injunction against an Arizona law, allowing two transgender girls to compete on female teams.
Law & Courts How Moms for Liberty's Legal Strategy Has Upended Title IX Rules for SchoolsThe grassroots group's tactic is confounding schools across the country trying to keep up with which Title IX rules apply to them.
Policy & Politics Opinion Does Ideology Matter When It Comes to Good Educational Ideas?Fundamental disputes over how schools model norms and set expectations, among other things, are inevitably informed by values.
Federal Photos PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes at the Moms for Liberty National SummitFormer President Trump was a keynote the final night—and said little about schools.
Sales & Marketing
Exclusive Data
The Phrases in Marketing Materials That Make K-12 Leaders Uneasy
An EdWeek Research Center survey reveals that district leaders are anxious about terms that have become targets of political/cultural battles.
Meeting District Needs
Industry Insight
Solving Chronic Absenteeism Through the Smarter Use of Data
States have sought to create more accurate metrics for measuring student absences from school, work that has implications for vendors.
Education Market
Market Analysis
How School Districts Are Building Tutoring Programs 'For the Long Run'
K-12 systems are recalibrating their needs and setting new strategies as stimulus money goes away, but academic struggles persist.
Meeting District Needs
K-12 Market News
Expansion of Outcomes-Based Contracts Eyed With Launch of Centralized Hub
The Southern Education Foundation's effort aims to help share best practices and greatly expand the reach of the performance-based deals.