Grades Suffer When Class Time Doesn't Match Students' Biological Clocks - Inside School Research - Education Week

A new study comes as more high schools nationwide experiment with an array of school schedules, from late starts to four-day weeks and alternating block classes.

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Maryland bill would put an armed officer in every school - Education Week

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Schools encourage girls to get involved in science, tech - Education Week

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FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed 'Security Risk' - Digital Education - Education Week

The FCC is considering a rule that would stop E-rate funds from being spent on telecommunications equipment manufactured by any foreign-based company identified as a threat.

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A $29 Million Donation Funds Classroom Projects for 30,000 Teachers - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher

The donation from cryptocurrency startup Ripple funded every open campaign on education crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org.

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Student-Centered Learning and Inclusion: Getting the Details Right - Learning Deeply - Education Week

A new report highlights ways the Students at the Center Framework for student-centered learning can be used to incorporate student agency in a more inclusive way for students with disabilities.

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Two Fantastic Examples of How Technology Changes Teaching and Learning - Leadership 360 - Education Week

The professional conscience of every great educator guides them to prepare children with an education that develops the skills and knowledge to be successful in the world. Not our current world, mind you, but the one in which they will live as graduates of our systems.

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What's Your Passion? High School Enlists Businesses to Help Students Decide - Education Week

A suburban Minneapolis high school is partnering with more than 200 businesses to reshape its classes and help students find a career that excites them—whether or not it leads to a bachelor's degree.

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Digital Dissection May Be Heading to an Anatomy Class Near You - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

Students at a New Jersey high school can virtually dissect the human body, thanks to the purchase of cutting edge technology typically available only to medical students. But are digital dissections the best way to teach biology and anatomy?

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How to Create a Student-Run "Genius Bar" - Education Futures: Emerging Trends in K-12 - Education Week

If your school is in the process of creating a student-run "Genius Bar," you're in luck. This is one of the best ways to involve students in learning about how to use, diagnose, and repair common types of technology. Genius Bars like these allow students to interact with peers and faculty, allowing them to increase their learning while obtaining valuable real-world skills.

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Spotlight on Equity - Education Week

Rural schools are tackling unique challenges to provide a quality education to their students. In this Spotlight, see how schools are expanding access to hard-to-staff courses, building up talented teacher workforces, and developing place-based lessons to reach promising students.

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Tennessee governor OKs school safety plan recommendations - Education Week

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Apple aims to school rivals with new iPad, education apps - Education Week

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Schools encourage girls to get involved in science, tech - Education Week

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Hogan cites bipartisanship, pushes school safety, crime bill - Education Week

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Attacking Complexity with Confidence - Vander Ark on Innovation - Education Week

By: Jonathan Rochelle, Katherine Prince and Tom Vander Ark. One thing we know for sure--tomorrow will be more complex than today. We've entered a new era that's driven by artificial intelligence and education must adapt. Our students deserve a new set of learning priorities (not just more added to a crowded set of learning objectives).

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Response: 'Collaborative Learning Does not Happen Magically' - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher

Beate Planche, Lyn Sharratt, Debbie Zacarian, Meredith Allen, Nancy Sulla, Bret Gosselin, Dr. Emily Phillips Galloway and Dr. Paola Uccelli share their suggestions on encouraging student collaboration.

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Four Teachers Share Their Experiences Leading Nonprofits and Businesses - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher

Current and former teachers are using their classroom experience to create nonprofits and startups that aim to make changes to education.

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Maryland governor pushes school safety, crime bill - Education Week

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Students at Phoenix rally: Vote out officials who won't act - Education Week

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Federal STEM Education Programs Lack Coordination, Watchdog Finds - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

A federal committee failed to analyze performance data on the more than 160 federal programs that promote STEM education and research.

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North Dakota to upgrade internet bandwidth for schools - Education Week

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President Trump Signs Spending Bill That Includes Billions More for Education - Politics K-12 - Education Week

President Donald Trump signed into law spending legislation that provides a significant funding increase for the U.S. Department of Education,

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More Than School Safety: What the Huge Hike for ESSA's Block Grant Means - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Congress is about to nearly triple funding for the Every Student Succeeds Act's broad Title IV program, which districts can use for arts, music, physical education, science, and much more.

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House approves money for school security measures - Education Week

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Maryland House OKs budget after school safety debate - Education Week

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Resistance to Learning from Other Countries' Best Practices - Global Learning - Education Week

In today's education reform landscape, there is an emphasis on learning from other countries. However, not everyone is enthusiastic to implement these best practices. Here are some ways to get buy-in.

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Education Research Gets a Boost in Omnibus Spending Bill - Inside School Research - Education Week

While education research programs across several agencies have faced cuts and consolidations this year, Congress is expected to approve an omnibus spending bill that rejects cuts in favor of some modest increases to federal education research and data.

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Arming Teens in the Fight Against Fake News - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

A new project called MediaWise, backed by a $3 million Google grant, aims to teach young people how to tell fact from fiction online.

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Authentic Learning Begins With Student-Designed Curriculum - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher

As the world becomes more globally connected and the information is to be gathered from a multitude of places, teachers shouldn't have to compete with these other formats to help students learn. Teachers should be engaging students with the tools they are already using, expanding their use and knowledge of the formats and letting kids choose their own adventures. The new role of the teacher is as the facilitator of learning, collaborator, and resource to the students who often have different knowledge that can help inform teaching.

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School safety panel looks at health, security, technology - Education Week

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Privacy Experts Assess Potential K-12 Fallout From Facebook's Crisis of Trust - Digital Education - Education Week

Revelations about how data that originated on Facebook was used by a firm in the U.K. for political purposes raises questions for K-12 districts.

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Teen activists to speak out against Ducey school safety plan - Education Week

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Eight Great Leaps for Learning - Learning Deeply - Education Week

The fast-changing world demands a fundamental transformation in education, not tweaking around the edges.

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Nevada's Entrepreneurial Spirit and the Executive Leadership Academy - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

Judi Steele continues guest blogging with a discussion of Nevada's entrepreneurial spirit and the founding of the Executive Leadership Academy.

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Officer's response praised as school shooting ends quickly - Education Week

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Getting Youth Technology Use Right - Education Week

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Schools Struggle to Use Data to Get Better - Education Week

Experts contend that the K-12 system's current use of data is too focused on accountability and not enough on daily improvement.

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Shakeup in Office Overseeing Student Privacy Rights - Education Week

The chief privacy officer in the U.S. Education Department was reassigned and replaced on an interim basis as part of a broader reorganization that could have big implications for how the federal government supports schools and districts in protecting student privacy.

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We Need Civic Online Reasoning in Our Schools - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

It's hard to imagine what could be more important than developing the critical thinking skills that facilitate our students' ability to discern truth from fake news. Media literacy may be in the standards, somewhere, but it's not on the test, so it gets short shrift in the classroom.

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Two Students Injured, Teen Shooter Dead in Maryland High School - Education Week

Two students were injured in a shooting at a high school in Great Mills, Md., Tuesday, the ninth school shooting of the year. The teenage shooter was fatally wounded during a confrontation with a school resource officer.

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Zuckerberg, Chan Donate $30 Million to Help Improve Student Literacy - Education Week

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are giving Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology $30 million to help improve the literacy skills of elementary students across the nation.

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Stem Education - Education Week

High schools with a greater menu of science, technology, engineering, and math classes did not produce students more likely to declare a STEM major in college—or to earn a degree in a STEM subject—than their peers, concludes a new longitudinal study.

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Defying the FCC, Washington State Passes First 'Net Neutrality' Law - Education Week

Washington has become the first state to pass a law to protect net neutrality, designed to prevent internet-service providers from blocking or slowing online content in the state.

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Betsy DeVos Fights Dems on Vouchers, Safety, Civil Rights in Budget Hearing - Politics K-12 - Education Week

"President Trump is committed to reducing the federal footprint in education, and that is reflected in this budget," Secretary of Education DeVos told members of a key House subcommittee.

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Want More Girls in Science Fields? Check the Images on Your Classroom Walls - Inside School Research - Education Week

Boys and girls are more likely to depict women as scientists today than 50 years ago, a new study finds. But as students progress through grades, their views of scientists mirror common stereotypes.

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NJ school uses high-tech table for virtual dissections - Education Week

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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey rolls out school safety package - Education Week

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The Case for Limiting School Security - Education Week

Increasing school security doesn’t decrease school violence, but programs that promote a culture of empathy could, says author and professor Jennifer Young

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With security measures, urban schools avoid mass shootings - Education Week

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