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Student Well-Being
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Why It's So Hard to Weave Social-Emotional Learning Into Academics
Integrating social-emotional learning into math, science, or even language arts can be a tough task these days.
Student Well-Being
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Building an Effective SEL Program: Lessons From 3 Districts
One key recommendation is to show teachers and principals how to develop SEL skills that they can model for students.
Student Well-Being
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How Educators View Social-Emotional Learning, in Charts
Educator support for social-emotional learning remains strong nationwide despite parental pushback in some places.
Student Well-Being
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Make SEL Work by Applying These 6 Best Practices
Researchers outline how school and district leaders can implement successful social-emotional-learning initiatives in schools.
Teaching Profession
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How Issues Like Race, Sex, Politics Resonate With Educators, in Charts
EdWeek Research Center data show how debates over cultural issues in the classroom have impacted educators.
Professional Development
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One-Time PD Is Not Effective. Why Do Districts Still Rely on It?
One reason, experts say, is a mismatch between what teachers say they want from PD and what administrators think they want.
Recruitment & Retention
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Schools’ Staffing Challenges Persist in New Year
Schools are still struggling to fill special education and other positions as the school year gets underway.
IT Management
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Should It Stay or Should It Go? Schools Trim Number of Tech Tools They Use
Ed-tech leaders are culling the wide variety of digital tools teachers embraced over the past two years.
Classroom Technology
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What Teachers Really Think About Their Learning Management Systems
Adoption of the technology took off during the pandemic, leading to almost ubiquitous use.
Classroom Technology
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How Tech Training for Teachers Is Not Measuring Up, in Charts
Ed-tech professional development still relies too much on one-time, “dog-and-pony show” events with little or no follow-up training.
School & District Management
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What It Will Take to Transform Public Education (in 4 Charts)
The EdWeek Research Center asked educators what they thought was needed for K-12 change. This is what they said.
Equity & Diversity
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Suburban Schools Saw Huge Drops in White Enrollment During the Pandemic
Suburban public schools lost 5 percent of their white students in a single year, a new EdWeek Research Center analysis found.
College & Workforce Readiness
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Plunging Graduation Rates Signal Long Recovery
In the second year of the pandemic, the number of states with falling graduation rates more than doubled.
Teaching Profession
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'Over It': Most Educators Say They Won't Mask This Fall
But teachers are more likely than administrators to keep masking, EdWeek Research Center survey data show.