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Forget Shakespeare and Nathaniel Hawthorne, says a former English teacher. Assign teens books from authors like Toni Morrison and Stephen King.
Stop Assigning Boring Books in English Class (Opinion)
Many teens and young adults aren’t reading for pleasure anymore. School isn’t helping.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Forget Shakespeare and Nathaniel Hawthorne, says a former English teacher. Assign teens books from authors like Toni Morrison and Stephen King.
As Lunar New Year approaches (Feb. 17th), here are tips for schools on weaving lessons into the academic day. #EWArchive
2 Billion People Celebrate Lunar New Year. Your Class Can, Too (Opinion)
Many school districts are putting the upcoming holiday on their calendars. Guests, music, food, and red envelopes can help bring the festival alive.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
As Lunar New Year approaches (Feb. 17th), here are tips for schools on weaving lessons into the academic day. #EWArchive
To quell the anxiety of the chaos, educators should make their teaching more human, not more heroic.
How Can Educators Teach in These Turbulent Times? (Opinion)
To quell the anxiety of the chaos, make your teaching more human, not more heroic.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
To quell the anxiety of the chaos, educators should make their teaching more human, not more heroic.
For education, AI’s promise and peril are two sides of the same coin, write Pedro and Enrique Noguera. Here’s how to use it wisely—and what to look out for.
AI in the Classroom: What a Skeptic and an Optimist Can Both Agree On (Opinion)
Pedro and Enrique Noguera recommend four steps for embracing chatbots—with guardrails.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
For education, AI’s promise and peril are two sides of the same coin, write Pedro and Enrique Noguera. Here’s how to use it wisely—and what to look out for.
“Growth does not announce itself; change does not come with a memo,” writes a principal. He explains how school leaders can strengthen their leadership.
What a Conversation About My Marriage Taught Me About Running a School (Opinion)
As principals grow into the role, we must find the courage to ask hard questions about our leadership.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM
“Growth does not announce itself; change does not come with a memo,” writes a principal. He explains how school leaders can strengthen their leadership.
Principals can use AI to get more time in the day—but only if they use it right. One leader shares a few tips.
Four Ways I Use AI as a Principal (and One Way I Never Will) (Opinion)
AI can’t replace the human side of school leadership, but it can give us more time in the day.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Principals can use AI to get more time in the day—but only if they use it right. One leader shares a few tips.
Here’s how this educator is teaching his AP African American Studies students to excavate truth from primary sources.
My Step-By-Step Framework for Taking Flight Into Black History (Opinion)
Here’s how I teach my AP African American Studies students to excavate truth from primary sources.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Here’s how this educator is teaching his AP African American Studies students to excavate truth from primary sources.
Current anti-immigrant policies deny our nation, schools, and children access to qualified and committed teachers, writes a teacher migration expert.
What Trump's $100,000 Visa Fee Could Mean for Schools (Opinion)
An expert on teacher migration explains the possible consequences for international teachers.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Current anti-immigrant policies deny our nation, schools, and children access to qualified and committed teachers, writes a teacher migration expert.
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From growth mindset and teacher burnout to assessment strategies for English learners, here was the archival Education Week Opinion content readers kept returning to.
The Education Wisdom Our Readers Keep Revisiting: Top 10 (Opinion)
These opinion blog posts and essays have made a lasting impression on readers.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
From growth mindset and teacher burnout to assessment strategies for English learners, here was the archival Education Week Opinion content readers kept returning to.
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Can AI tools help English learners? This former superintendent thinks so.
‘Instant Support’: Why We Should Embrace AI Tools for English Learners (Opinion)
Though not a replacement for educators, it can be a powerful ally, writes Jean-Claude Brizard.
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January 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Can AI tools help English learners? This former superintendent thinks so.
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This teacher is sick of hearing the same patronizing advice from administrators and professional development trainers.
The Three Worst Words You Can Say to a Teacher (Opinion)
I’m sick of hearing the same patronizing advice from administrators and professional development trainers.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This teacher is sick of hearing the same patronizing advice from administrators and professional development trainers.
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Icons like MLK Jr. don’t need to be flawless for us to learn from them, writes Bettina Love. #EWArchive
What I Wish I Knew About Teaching Black History Before I Left the Classroom (Opinion)
Bettina L. Love explains how she struggled to portray Black icons as real people in the early days of her teaching career.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Icons like MLK Jr. don’t need to be flawless for us to learn from them, writes Bettina Love. #EWArchive
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Two teachers share how Minnesota students are faring right now.
“All week, our school has had the crisis care room staffed for kids who need support,” writes a teacher in the Twin Cities.
“All week, our school has had the crisis care room staffed for kids who need support,” writes a teacher in the Twin Cities.
Minnesota Students Are Living in Perilous Times, Two Teachers Explain (Opinion)
The federal government is committing the "greatest constancy of deliberate community harm."
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January 28, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Two teachers share how Minnesota students are faring right now.
“All week, our school has had the crisis care room staffed for kids who need support,” writes a teacher in the Twin Cities.
“All week, our school has had the crisis care room staffed for kids who need support,” writes a teacher in the Twin Cities.
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“What sort of nation terrorizes children and calls it enforcement? That demands loyalty while offering nothing but fear?” A teacher in Minneapolis shares what she’s seeing.
‘What Sort of Nation Terrorizes Children?’: A Teacher’s View From Minneapolis (Opinion)
My students live with the knowledge that anyone they love could be taken by ICE at any moment.
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January 31, 2026 at 4:53 PM
“What sort of nation terrorizes children and calls it enforcement? That demands loyalty while offering nothing but fear?” A teacher in Minneapolis shares what she’s seeing.
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This is what the current administration needs to do to make sure data collection is reliable, writes Rick Hess.
The Federal Government Hasn’t Been Meeting Our Need for Unbiased Ed. Research (Opinion)
Trump’s attacks on data collection are misguided—but that doesn’t mean it was working before.
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January 31, 2026 at 6:20 PM
This is what the current administration needs to do to make sure data collection is reliable, writes Rick Hess.
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A parent shares his concerns with artificial intelligence in K-12 in a letter to the editor.
I’m Pro-Technology, But AI’s Role in Education Worries Me (Opinion)
A parent shares his concerns with artificial intelligence in K-12.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A parent shares his concerns with artificial intelligence in K-12 in a letter to the editor.
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Better classroom design can help neurodivergent learners thrive, says this letter to the editor.
Learning Spaces Should Meet the Needs of All Students (Opinion)
Better classroom design can help neurodivergent learners thrive, says this letter to the editor.
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February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Better classroom design can help neurodivergent learners thrive, says this letter to the editor.
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In a letter to the editor, a high school student shares his perspective of equity grading policies.
The Truth About Equity Grading in Practice (Opinion)
A high school student shares his perspective of equity grading policies in this letter.
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February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
In a letter to the editor, a high school student shares his perspective of equity grading policies.
Yes, students still need geography. “It’s impossible to talk sensibly about immigration, border enforcement, foreign policy, or tariffs absent a clear sense of physical geography,” writes Rick Hess.
Do Students Still Need to Learn Geography? (Opinion)
It’s tough to grasp what's going on about Venezuela or Greenland if you don’t know where they are.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Yes, students still need geography. “It’s impossible to talk sensibly about immigration, border enforcement, foreign policy, or tariffs absent a clear sense of physical geography,” writes Rick Hess.
Look through last year’s Black History Month opinion project with perspectives and guidance from educators on how to improve Black history education in schools.
Why We Need Black History Education: A Collection
This year’s special Education Week Opinion project offers perspectives and guidance from educators for improving Black history education.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Look through last year’s Black History Month opinion project with perspectives and guidance from educators on how to improve Black history education in schools.
While the world delivers fear and heartbreak, the most important message students will learn is not just what we say about the world but also how we model being human in it, write Marc Brackett, Robin Stern, & Dawn Brooks-DeCosta.
Doing the Nearly Impossible: Teaching When the World Delivers Fear (Opinion)
Videos of Renee Good and Alex Pretti's killings are everywhere. How should teachers respond?
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February 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
While the world delivers fear and heartbreak, the most important message students will learn is not just what we say about the world but also how we model being human in it, write Marc Brackett, Robin Stern, & Dawn Brooks-DeCosta.
Limiting our definition of the Founding Fathers to the Declaration of Independence authors or Continental Congress attendees ignores the contributions of women, Native Americans, the poor, & Black people who were excluded from these gatherings, writes LaGarrett King.
Why We Need to Study the Black Founders Who Shaped U.S. Democracy (Opinion)
America’s founders weren’t just old, white men in wigs.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Limiting our definition of the Founding Fathers to the Declaration of Independence authors or Continental Congress attendees ignores the contributions of women, Native Americans, the poor, & Black people who were excluded from these gatherings, writes LaGarrett King.
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Progress on Absenteeism Is Stalling. What Can We Do About It? (Opinion): Recent attendance trends indicate that something fundamental about schooling has changed.
Progress on Absenteeism Is Stalling. What Can We Do About It? (Opinion)
Recent attendance trends indicate that something fundamental about schooling has changed.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Progress on Absenteeism Is Stalling. What Can We Do About It? (Opinion): Recent attendance trends indicate that something fundamental about schooling has changed.
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Schools Still Miss Instructional Basics. How to Change That (Opinion): Veteran educator and author Mike Schmoker calls out what he sees as classroom "malpractice."
Schools Still Miss Instructional Basics. How to Change That (Opinion)
Veteran educator and author Mike Schmoker calls out what he sees as classroom "malpractice."
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February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Schools Still Miss Instructional Basics. How to Change That (Opinion): Veteran educator and author Mike Schmoker calls out what he sees as classroom "malpractice."
When are scholars at their best? “When they’re asking hard questions, challenging lazy conventions, and scrutinizing the real-world impacts of yesterday’s reforms,” writes Rick Hess. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
What It Takes to Be an Effective Education Scholar (Opinion)
The 2026 RHSU Scholar Rankings will be released soon. How do the top researchers attain influence?
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February 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
When are scholars at their best? “When they’re asking hard questions, challenging lazy conventions, and scrutinizing the real-world impacts of yesterday’s reforms,” writes Rick Hess. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...