A new report urges districts to pay close attention to how they choose and use technology for students who are not yet fluent in English.

Por Nuestros Niños, an education-focused Spanish-language radio show and podcast, could help families navigate an uncertain return to school.

A new database offers a state-by-state look at guidance on supporting English-learner students and their families amid the global pandemic.

Two U.S. Department of Education employees have been detailed to Iraq’s education team, but their work has been inhibited while they are holed up for safety reasons.

Twenty years and billions of dollars since the first personal computers were plugged into the nation's schools, policymakers and the public are finally starting to demand evidence that their investments in education technology have been worthwhile.

When some students are online and others in school buildings, how can teachers make sure everyone is learning what they need to learn?

When they come back to us in the fall, our students’ need for connection, belonging, and real-world experience will be fierce, and we need to adjust our approach based on their needs, writes teacher Ariel Sacks.

There are some serious questions that still need answers, but there are a few certainties that teachers can hold onto, writes Casey M. Bethel.

All Classroom Q&A posts sharing classroom-management advice (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post.

Research suggests a way to restructure remote learning to give students what they've been missing, write H. Alix Gallagher and Ben Cottingham.

Concerns about screen time are not new—but they are heightened when kids across the country are spending much of their school day online.

The strategy of reinforcing good behavior with praise is the least likely to be taught in teacher-prep programs, an analysis finds.

Support for in-person teaching is rising, but hybrid approaches to instruction remain the most popular, an EdWeek Research Center survey finds.

2024-25 Penn State Laureate Michele Dunleavy, professor of dance at the University Park campus, will give a presentation and performance, “Improvising a Life,” at Penn State Shenango in the Shenango Auditorium at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18.

Retired Penn State Shenango Campus Director Jo Anne Carrick, along with her husband, John, have pledged a $50,000 gift to the campus to establish the Carrick Family Endowment for Penn State Shenango Athletics.

Penn State Laureate Michele Dunleavy, professor of dance at the University Park campus, will visit Penn State Altoona, Beaver, Shenango and Behrend the week of Sept. 16 for class visits, performances and workshops. It will be the first leg of her tour across the commonwealth during the 2024–25 academic year.

The Certified Family Life Educator credential, available through the Human Development and Family Studies degree program, was recently endorsed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Head Start.

Indigenous Peoples Day will be celebrated at Penn State with events on Monday, Oct. 14. The Indigenous Peoples' Student Association and the Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance, in partnership with the Office of Educational Equity, Student Affairs, and the Office of the Provost, have coordinated events in recognition and celebration.

Penn State Shenango Physical Therapist Assistant students and faculty recently volunteered at the Medical Equipment Recycling Program in Farrell.

Matthew Caputo, associate teaching professor of engineering at Penn State Shenango, is exploring the fatigue behaviors of nickel-titanium shape memory alloys.

A multi-disciplinary group of Penn State Shenango faculty presented the results of a research study about diversity topics being included as part of general education curricula.

Today, the United States Supreme Court will hear a challenge to mandatory union fees that originates in California. Is this a fundamental challenge to teacher unionism?

Education Week sat down with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for a conversation about the recent wave of teacher activism and how the unions are preparing for the Janus decision.

Whether Janus will be a death blow or a turning point for unions depends on what they do now, writes Paul Reville.

Presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., made her first policy pitch on the campaign trail Saturday: A new federal program to boost teacher pay.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case that held the potential to deal a further blow to public-employee unions after last year's "Janus" decision.

A leadership program for young Black men looks to confront racism in law enforcement. Corey Mitchell explains.

When a student noticed that no one was teaching her classmates about racism, she took matters into her own hands, Catherine Gewertz reports.

Black Lives Matter, climate change, family separation? All appropriate classroom topics, writes Christina Torres.

Congress controls how much gets spent on education. But a presidential administration can influence how it's spent. Here's a few areas to watch.

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said it would be "unthinkable" for the landmark "Brown" desegregation decision to be overruled.

John W. Myres, a retired teacher and superintendent, shares five hard realities educators must face as they try to improve their schools.

Some 58 dropout prevention programs in nine school districts in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia were reviewed by researchers at New Jersey's Rutgers University.

School districts' efforts to prevent students from dropping out are profiled in a new survey from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Disconnections make it tough for homeless students to stay in school, says a new study, which also details the new requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act that bolster resources for their support.

The film follows three Indianapolis adults as they seek to overcome obstacles on the path to earning an educational credential that they missed earlier.

Students who were chronically absent or at risk of dropping out before the coronavirus outbreak are even more at risk now that schools are closed, experts say.

The College Board's plan to score students' 'level of disadvantage' based on their schools and neighborhoods has some college counselors asking: Will wealthy parents try to game the system?

Two recent studies of Teach to One: Math highlight the tension in math between grade-level-based accountability systems and approaches to instruction that enable more personalized paths to college and career readiness.

Dig into what two leading Democratic presidential candidates have to say in their platforms about charter schools with Education Week's detailed analysis.

Two high school softball coaches are immune from a student's privacy lawsuit because there was no clearly established law barring school officials from discussing a student's private matters with the student's parent.

A federal appeals court has struck down an Indiana school district's policy requiring short hair for boys on the basketball team, ruling that the lack of a similar policy for girls'-team basketball players results in illegal sex discrimination.

A three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a proposed plan that would have paid certain student-athletes as much as $5,000 annually in deferred compensation.

Three Ga. high school seniors have been charged with aggravated sexual battery and consumption of alcohol by a minor stemming from an alleged sexual assault during a post-prom party.

Two high school basketball coaches and an assistant principal/athletic director are facing criminal charges stemming from an alleged hazing incident that resulted in the hospitalization of a 15-year-old boy.