Leading Calif. District Wants to Use SAT Instead of State Test - On California - Education Week

Long Beach Unified, a leader among California school districts, wants to omit the state's performance exam for its 11th graders. Superintendent Chris Steinhauser says that the SAT exam is more useful than the state-required SBAC test.

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What is Your Favorite Educational Web Tool or App? - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher

The new "question-of-the-week" is: What is your favorite web tool or app for helping students learn?

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Michigan school partners with MIT to boost learning process - Education Week

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TIMSS: A Closer Look at Gender Gaps in Math and Science - Inside School Research - Education Week

Gender gaps are closing worldwide, but the devil is in the details for the United States.

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Preschool Development Grants Funded for Third Year; Fourth Year in Question - Early Years - Education Week

Eighteen states received a third round of federal funding intended to help them start or expand prekindergarten, but the program is now subject to a new administration's priorities.

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Teacher Preparation is Evolving - Career Corner - Education Week

Recently, Louisiana's state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education adopted teacher preparation policies that provide a yearlong residency for all aspiring teachers. These policies will take effect for all preservice teachers in the fall of 2018, but Monroe City Schools is not waiting until then to get involved.

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Conn. District Set Up Enrollment Barriers for Families With Limited English - Learning the Language - Education Week

A federal investigation found that the East Hartford, Conn., school system failed to provide adequate language services to parents and guardians with limited English skills.

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Students Struggle With Spotting Fake News, Stanford Researchers Say - Digital Education - Education Week

According to a new study, students are ill-equipped to evaluate the origins of online content in their news feeds for bias and reliability.

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Charter Schools Fight Divides the Black Community (Video) - On Air: A Video Blog - Education Week

Charter schools are often viewed as a lifeline by African-American parents. The NAACP, however, has called for a moratorium on these independently managed public schools.

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Agents of Change: Empowering Students to Take Action (Video) - Inspired Instruction: Videos From the Teaching Channel - Education Week Teacher

Matt Colley, a 9th grade history teacher at Oakland Technical High School in California, has students select topics for research in order to foster real-world applications to their own lives and futures. He utilizes diagrams to get students thinking critically about contemporary problems and possible solutions.

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We All Have a Race Problem (and Need to Discuss It) - The Intersection: Culture and Race in Schools - Education Week Teacher

We are all struggling with race. We are all operating in a racist society. Unless we talk about it, we can't fixing it.

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President Obama Won't Pardon DACA Recipients, Top Aide Says - Learning the Language - Education Week

Immigration advocates worry that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy could be a target of the Trump administration's plan to crack down on illegal immigration.

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Why Dewey Needs Freire, and Vice Versa: A Call for Critical Deeper Learning - Learning Deeply - Education Week

The world of deeper learning should engage with the world of critical pedagogy, argues Sarah M. Fine.

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Connecting Preservice Teachers to the World through Global Literacy Projects - Global Learning - Education Week

How preservice teachers can connect to classrooms to promote global literacy.

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Teachers Cite Post-Election Rise in Negativity, Bigotry in Schools in Survey - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher

A survey of more than 10,000 teachers by the advocacy group Teaching Tolerance found that most teachers said the divisive election results have negatively impacted the classroom.

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10 Ways to Use Quality Digital Curriculum - Vander Ark on Innovation - Education Week

Evidence of deeper learning outcomes as a result of digital learning continues to fuel school and district support, so here are 10 ways a district can deploy a high-quality digital curriculum.

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Trump's Attorney General Pick Draws Ire of Disability Advocates - On Special Education - Education Week

Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican and president-elect Donald Trump's selection for attorney general, singled out the special education law as contributing to a decline in classroom discipline.

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Teacher Preparation - Education Week

A Michigan initiative is finding success getting good science, technology, engineering, and math teachers in front of the students who need them the most, an evaluation of the program has found.

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Warning Sounded on Tech Disrupting Student Sleep - Education Week

Schools are paying renewed attention to researchers' warnings that the "blue light" from mobile devices can shake the sleep patterns of children and teenagers.

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Decision Ahead for First Family on Schooling - Education Week

President-elect Donald Trump's 10-year-old son is in a private school in Manhattan for now, and the family has yet to say what might come next.

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Four Ways School Leaders Can Support Innovation - EdTech Researcher - Education Week

Video and ideas from the forthcoming Launching Innovation in Schools MOOC that explains four ways that school leaders can support innovation.

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Students and Teachers Deserve 'Technology Rich' Education - Education Week

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EBS Licensees' Contributions Deserve Recognition - Education Week

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Provider's Reach Misrepresented - Education Week

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Trump's Pick for HHS Secretary Advocated for State Control of Head Start - Early Years - Education Week

Back in 2007, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., nominated to head the Department of Health and Human Services, pushed a proposal to have Head Start funds managed by states.

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Creating Moments Our Students Will Remember - Teacher-Leader Voices - Education Week Teacher

Let's all make the moments to 'cuddle' our students in a rich discussion, share family stories, ask their opinions, take selfies, dance to music, appreciate falling snowflakes, or whatever the moment brings. Our students will little remember the weekly spelling or reading quizzes, but they will no doubt remember how they felt when they were in our classrooms.

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Response: 'Learning Self-Regulation' is Needed 'on Path to Academic Success' - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher

In today's post - the final in this series - Donna Wilson, Thomas Armstrong, Joe Hendershott, Jeffrey Benson, Mark Katz, Jonathan Cassie contribute their thoughts on teaching students self-control.

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International Tests Show Rising, But Mixed, Math and Science Performance - Inside School Research - Education Week

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study releases new results for 2015.

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Can PBL & PLC's Help Counter Growing Unbridled Hate Speech? - Leadership 360 - Education Week

Schools are seeing eruptions of the mimicking behavior seen on the campaign trail. Name calling and other painful and more aggressive actions follow.

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Risks and Rewards for 2016, a Year in Review - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher

Although there have been countless other daily risks taken as it pertains to assessment reform and conversations had, the above were the most significant risks I took this year. Since I'm always looking to keep pushing forward, standing on the precipice of success and failure, has become a ledge I'm all too acquainted with. And failure does happen. And that's okay. With each unsuccessful risk comes an opportunity for reflection and continued growth.

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California Should Fight Betsy DeVos' Politics of Privatization - On California - Education Week

Billionaire voucher and charter advocate Betsy DeVos' nomination to be U.S. Secretary of Education has set off alarm bells. It should. Her agenda is a battle cry: one she should lose. Californians should see she is not confirmed.

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Eight States Have Fewer Than 10 Girls Take AP Computer Science Exam - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

More girls took the AP Computer Science A exam this year, but in several states only a handful of girls took the exam.

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7 Ways To Create a More Positive School Climate - Finding Common Ground - Education Week

We seem to be surrounded by negativity which can harm our school climate. Research shows that a happy school climate results in better engaged students. Here are 7 ways to make your school climate happier.

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Setting the Frame: School Choice and "No-excuses" Charter Schools - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

This week, L. Trenton Marsh will be discussing the history of U.S. school choice with a particular emphasis on urban districts, and providing an ethnographic perspective on "no-excuses" charter schools.

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Who Is Betsy DeVos, Trump's Education Secretary Pick? (Videos) - On Air: A Video Blog - Education Week

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Betsy DeVos to be his education secretary. In these two videos, Education Week's government and politics team delve into her background and record.

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Changing High Schools in This Time of Change - Learning Deeply - Education Week

The ideas of Ted Sizer and the Coalition of Essential Schools offer some guidance for improving high schools in this rapidly changing era, writes Kathleen Cushman.

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Next Generation School Design - Vander Ark on Innovation - Education Week

A diverse group of education leaders recently gathered at the Digital Education Show in Dubai for a Getting Smart school design workshop to discuss these four topics: new models, goals, tools and tips.

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Chicago Arts Survey Finds Revitalized Programs, Lingering Gaps - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

Chicago is one of a number of cities and states that has been tracking the status of arts programs after major cuts in years past.

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Mindfulness, Yoga, Meditation and Extended Play in our Schools - Leadership 360 - Education Week

My school district has embarked on a whole child journey. This revolves around our extended recess time (we increased recess from twenty minutes to forty minutes), yoga, meditation and mindfulness work for students K-8.

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Change Requires Buy-In From Stakeholders - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher

Any change worth making take a fair effort of all stakeholders involved, so it is necessary for us to do our best to make sure the message is clear as to why and that lines of communication are open to answer questions that arise. Change is hard and it invokes fear in most people, so we must make sure we do what we can to ease that discomfort.

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Response: 'Self-Control Doesn't Just Happen, it Needs to be Taught' - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher

Robert Ward, Sue Defreyne, Allen Mendler, Daniel Rechtschaffen, Carla Tantillo Philibert, and Christine Brandt provide today's answers on how to help our students develop self-control.

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Is Literacy a Fundamental Right? Michigan's Governor Says No - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

A lawsuit had claimed that policy decisions in Michigan have led to Detroit's schoolchildren being deprived of their right to literacy.

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Introducing Your Special Guest Stars: Marsh, Kalenze, Starr, and Dahill-Brown - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

The election has mercifully come to a close, the holiday season is soon to be upon us, the Trump folks are trying to manage a transition, and I need to do that final, careful copyedit of my upcoming book Letters to a Young Reformer. So, I'm going to take a break and turn the blog over to a stellar crew of guest bloggers.

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PBL Paralysis: 4 Symptoms and Remedies For Hacking PBL - Finding Common Ground - Education Week

Project-based learning has a low effect size because it's often done incorrectly. In this blog. 4 ways are given to make sure the PBL is done right in the classroom.

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#SafetyPin Thanksgiving - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

When does human decency surpass Don't Rock the Boat school leadership? Aren't these extraordinary times? Aren't the lives of children and the fate of public education at stake?

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RHSU Flashback: The Cost of Winner-Take-All-Presidential Politics - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

Since it's Thanksgiving week, I figured it might be a nice chance to dwell a bit on the teachable moment we find ourselves in by re-running a few columns that kind of got brushed away at the time, but might register more fully now—and that might help encourage some to perhaps give a second thought to the underappreciated blessings of federalism, limited government, and executive restraint.

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Liberate the Turkey and Homework on Holiday Weekends - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher

Remember the children we teach are "whole". We can't always cater to the academic at the peril of other aspects of who they are as people. Consider the social emotional well being of your students and let them reflect on learning already done and prepare for what is to come when they return.

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K-12 Leaders Can Now See Who Pays What for District Broadband - Digital Education - Education Week

With Compare & Connect K-12, district leaders can see what neighboring leaders pay for broadband, and negotiate better deals for their own, the site's creator says.

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Cybersecurity, Safety Among Schools' Top Buying Priorities, Analyses FInd - Digital Education - Education Week

Districts can pay for cybersecurity software with the E-rate program, one report finds, while another shows a strong interest in procuring goods and services for school safety.

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Using America's National Parks as Classrooms (Video) - On Air: A Video Blog - Education Week

Did you know that America's national parks provide millions of hours in free educational programming every year? The National Park Service offers hundreds of lesson plans, virtual resources for schools, and professional development for teachers. Learn more about the country's "largest classroom."

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