We analyzed some of the most popular social studies textbooks used in California and Texas. Here’s how political divides shape what students learn about the nation’s history.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. To ring in 2020, we took a look back at the most popular news articles among Education Week readers. In a decade that saw some monumental policy debates around accountability, teacher quality, school safety, and school choice, schools were having to adapt and evolve to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population and a rapidly changing world.
New report argues that schools are overlooking gifted students who would benefit from services, including large numbers of black and Latino students…
Two neighborhoods in northeast Denver, only three miles apart, are experiencing drastic — and divergent — changes to their communities and schools…
JoAnna Wood was in fifth grade when her class watched the movie of The Indian in the Cupboard. At one point in the 1995 film, a cowboy calls an Indian a savage. Her fellow students cracked up. “I didn’t think it was funny,” says Wood, 12, who is a member of the Winnebago tribe and lives in Tekamah, Neb…
Like school districts around the country, Texas' Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) needs to make the most out of every dollar, minute, and ounce of talent to ensure every student is prepared for tomorrow. As the sixth largest school system in Texas, FWISD serves about 84,000 students with a wide range of backgrounds…
Nick Hanauer, Founder of the public-policy incubator Civic Ventures
Long ago, I was captivated by a seductively intuitive idea, one many of my wealthy friends still subscribe to: that both poverty and rising inequality are largely consequences of America’s failing education system. Fix that, I believed, and we could cure much of what ails America…
Beth Hawkins, 74 Million
J.T. Brackenridge Elementary sits on the eastern edge of zip code 78207, which is the way people refer to the Mexican-American community that surrounds the school. Located just west of downtown San Antonio, the neighborhood is as rich with art and history and culture as the rest of the city. Yet it’s a world apart….