Rewarding Failure: An Education Week Investigation of the Cyber Charter Industry

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With growing evidence that the nation’s cyber charter schools are plagued by serious academic and management problems, Education Week conducted a months-long investigation.

Making Physics Fun: Step Inside The Physics Bus

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Educators on The Physics Bus use old hair dryers, shop vacs, and other everyday items to demonstrate concepts like motion and electricity in lessons that make science appealing to students. (October 10, 2017)

Casting a Wider Net for Giftedness

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Superintendent Walt Griffin and school psychologist Jeanette Lukens are bringing more diversity to the gifted student population in their Seminole County, Fla., school district. (February 22, 2017)

Recovery and Controversy: A Status Report on Puerto Rico's Schools

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Reporter Andrew Ujifusa gives an update from Puerto Rico on where the U.S. territory's schools stand several months after Hurricane Maria. (March 5, 2018)

Creating Pathways for Gifted Students in Rural Alaska

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A summer honors institute recruits high-achieving Alaska Native students from the remote corners of the state to help prepare them for rigorous coursework and set them on the path to college success.

L.A.s' Schools Struggle to Integrate Special Education Students

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This report on special education in Los Angeles looks at the district's current focus on inclusion. Is moving special needs students into neighborhood schools and classrooms a sign of progress, or a cause for concern? (March 23, 2016)

Homegrown CEO Hopes to Bring Stability, Trust to Chicago’s School System

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Chicago public school’s new leader wants to build on the district’s positive academic gains and bring “trust” back to the system. (April 19,2018)

Classroom Reading Strategies for Common-Core Standards

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Jamie Landahl, a kindergarten teacher at Ruby Duncan Elementary School in Las Vegas, describes how she uses The Read-Aloud Project with students. (May 8. 2015)

Engaging, Encouraging, and Empowering Young Black Men

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Christopher Chatmon, the deputy chief of equity in California's Oakland Unified School District and a 2015 Leader To Learn From for his efforts to support boys of color, explains how schools can better serve African-American males. (April 21, 2017)

Successful K-12 Leaders 'Can't Do Everything': Mike Schmoker, Keynote Speaker, Leaders To Learn From 2017

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Sought-after K-12 school improvement expert Mike Schmoker previews his keynote discussion for Leaders To Learn From 2017. (January 4, 2017)

For Students and Their Mentors, Learning Goes Both Ways

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In school-based mentoring, finding the right match between mentors and students is crucial, schools say. Education Week asked some mentor-mentee pairs to talk about what makes their relationships work. (October 19, 2017)