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A new study found that teachers who received more personalized messages about their students’ progress were more likely to review and use student data.
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Teaching Profession What the Research Says A Personal 'Nudge' Can Get Teachers to Use Student Data in Smart Ways
Teachers are key to effective ed-tech interventions. A new study looks at ways to engage them.
Sarah D. Sparks, June 16, 2025
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Diverse school children students build robotic cars using computers and coding.
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Science Download How Teachers Are Motivating Students To Learn STEM (DOWNLOADABLE)
Teachers asked students what motivates them to work harder in STEM. Here's what they found.
Lauraine Langreo & Vanessa Solis, June 13, 2025
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Cropped from original illustration, silhouetted figures water a blooming STEM flower.
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Science From Our Research Center Students Say They Care More About STEM as They Get Older. Teachers Disagree
An EdWeek Research Center survey examined student motivation in STEM classes.
Lauraine Langreo, June 13, 2025
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Students interact in a fourth grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025.
Students interact in a 4th grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025. More young students could receive instruction in phonics and other evidence-based techniques, if a long-sought state proposal is approved.
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Reading & Literacy California Is Poised to Pass a 'Science of Reading' Law After a Long, Tense Debate
Advocates on both sides say the compromise bill is strong, but imperfect. Will it move literacy instruction forward in the state?
Sarah Schwartz, June 12, 2025
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Conceptual illustration of classroom conversations and fragmented education elements coming together to form a cohesive picture of a book of classroom knowledge.
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Teaching Opinion Correlation? Causation? Effect Sizes? What Should a Teacher Trust?
Understanding research implications for the classroom is key to determining student outcomes.
Larry Ferlazzo, June 10, 2025
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Photograph of the front of a schoo lbus driving on a country road with trees, fencing, and a yellow sign reading School Bus Stop Ahead.
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Families & the Community The Low-Cost, Low-Lift Way These Districts Used to Reduce Student Absences
Dozens of districts tested this strategy as one component of their absenteeism-fighting strategy.
Caitlynn Peetz, June 6, 2025
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Elementary math teacher Margie Howells teaches a fifth grade class at Wheeling Country Day School in Wheeling, WV, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Howells said that she turned to the science of math after wondering why there weren't as many resources for dyscalculia as there were for dyslexia. Reading the research helped her become more explicit about things that she assumed students understood, like the fact that the horizontal line in a fraction means the same thing as a division sign. "I'm doing a lot more instruction in vocabulary and symbol explanations so that the students have that built-in understanding," said Howells.
Elementary math teacher Margie Howells teaches a 5th grade class at Wheeling Country Day School in Wheeling, W.V., on Sept. 5, 2023. A new survey of U.S. adults finds that they don't agree on the math skills that are most crucial.
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Mathematics What Math Learned in School Is Most Important? Adults and Their Managers Don't Agree
Americans don’t always agree about which skills are the most crucial, according to a new survey from Gallup.
Sarah Schwartz, June 4, 2025
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Faizan Zaki, 13, of Dallas, reacts after he sees him as the last speller as he competes in the finals the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md.
Faizan Zaki, 13, of Dallas, reacts after he realizes he's the last speller as he competes in the finals of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on May 29, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. Schools can improve reading and writing proficiency through spelling bees.
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Reading & Literacy How Spelling Bees Can Improve Students' Reading Skills
Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee last week.
Jennifer Vilcarino, June 4, 2025
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School & District Management How Schools Think Their Legal Expenses Will Change Under Trump
The first few months of the Trump administration have been like "drinking from a fire hose," an education attorney said.
Caitlynn Peetz, June 2, 2025
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School Choice & Charters How School Choice Complicates District Bond Elections
Families who transfer children out of their residential districts may be less likely to vote in bond elections, researchers find.
Evie Blad, May 30, 2025
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A student in Kalia Yang’s Hmong dual language immersion class reads a book in both Hmong and English at Lake View Elementary School in Madison, Wisc., on May 28th, 2025.
A student in a Hmong dual language immersion class reads a book in both Hmong and English at Lake View Elementary School in Madison, Wis., on May 28, 2025.
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English Learners Explainer Does Speaking Two Languages Hurt Students? Experts Say No
Experts share insights on what research says about the effect of learning more than one language at once.
Ileana Najarro, May 30, 2025
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A teacher and student have opposite perspectives on cellphone use in school.
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Science From Our Research Center Students Don't Think Cellphones Distract Them From Learning STEM. Teachers Disagree
New surveys of teens and teachers show how far apart the two groups are on this issue.
Arianna Prothero, May 27, 2025
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4 min read
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School & District Management From Our Research Center What Schools Do When Parents Don't Pick Up Their Kids
What schools do when parents don't pick up their kids can vary considerably, according to a new survey by the EdWeek Research Center.
Arianna Prothero, May 23, 2025
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