We know the components of structured literacy, but we know a lot less about the 'recipe'. Two teachers share how they weave together the pieces: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

AI and IEPs: whether a good idea or terrible idea, one thing's for sure: It's already happening everywhere, reports @evieblad.bsky.social www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

This is a really important issue, and my coworker @evieblad.bsky.social explains it perfectly: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #EDUsky #EduSkyAI #edtech #AIineducation #SPED #SpecEd #SpecialEducation

The newest and most ambitious of teacher pay experiments go beyond gauging performance based primarily on test scores to consider a teacher’s classroom practice, peer collaboration, and willingness to tackle high-need subjects, students, and communities.

Are text excerpts crowding out novels and whole texts in reading classrooms? Sarah Schwartz investigates for EdWeek: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

EdWeek's Sarah Sparks looks at how teacher contracts are being reshaped by AI concerns. This is going to be a big challenge for most districts/unions in the future. www.edweek.org/technology/a...

Breaking news from @marklieberman.bsky.social on the $5 billion in impounded K-12 funding www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The Trump administration says its education funding freeze is over. Details we still don't have: -WHEN the money will flow to states -WHETHER a rescissions request will follow -WHY the administration is releasing the $$ -HOW schools will recover from the chaos - www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

One of the reasons I love EdWeek is that our staff is able to add our expertise & nuance to stories that other outlets turn into silly outrage fodder. Like this one from Sarah Sparks on the latest on the GOP and @neatoday.bsky.social 's relationship www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

scoop: new Washington Post opinion editor Adam O'Neal introduces himself to staff, alluding to some significant changes afoot 🧵

@alexgrieve.bsky.social It took me forever to find you on here! lol

I think @edweek.bsky.social , @chalkbeat.org and @edsource.org have been doing exceptional work covering Trump’s attacks on education, teachers, our students and their families

If you are someone who does not know the history of Protestant Christianity in the U.S., this is a solid introduction.

Okay. Some demand for this so: an introduction to American Protestantism. This is not going to be a comprehensive guide of American Protestantism because I hope to leave you with the impression that such a thing would be huge and nearly impossible for anyone to do, let alone me.

Many #educators relied on Twitter for years to connect with peers and get ideas about curriculum, assessments, and teaching approaches. But critics say the platform has been on a down slope in recent years. Enter Bluesky. Great story by @laurainegl.bsky.social www.edweek.org/leadership/i... #Edusky

Republicans lambasted Michelle Obama's school lunch improvement efforts. Now RFK Jr. wans to make American healthy again. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

There are some good adaptations of the Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, and many bad ones, but only one truly great version, and it is the 1984 made-for-television movie starring George C. Scott. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I wrote very briefly about the rarity of female school shooters a while back. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

You know what used to be fun? Calling organizations and agencies on the phone. You say who you are and what you are up to and more often than not the other person on the call would say, 'Oh, you need to speak to this person. In case you get cut off, here is their direct number.'

“We are asking rural folks to accept a set of options that folks in cities and suburbs would never accept...“It’s almost like, well, ‘This is what you get to learn, and this is how you get to learn it. And if you don’t like it, you can move.’ ” hechingerreport.org/easy-to-just...

A record 86% of high schoolers earned a diploma in 4 yrs in 2022 -- up from 79% in 2011. High grad rates coexisting with high rates of absenteeism. @edweek.bsky.social www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

A novel suit alleges literacy curricula based on the research of Calkins and Fountas and Pinnell were sold using deceptive and fraudulent marketing that inaccurately labeled them as research-based while ignoring a consensus on the need for explicit phonics instruction. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

@evieblad.bsky.social covers the latest salvo in the reading wars. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Trump has vowed to undo protections for LGBTQ+ plus students, and legal experts say his incoming administration has learned from his first time in office, when it tried to reverse certain policies of Obama's. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #education #politics

What Percentage of a State's Primary and Secondary Education Revenue Comes from the US Department of Education? Great data viz from James Murphy www.datawrapper.de/_/skaST/