Top Education Stories of 2014
Education Week's Most Viewed
To provide a sense of what was high on our readers’ priority lists in 2014, the editors at Education Week compiled a list of our 10 most-viewed articles.
Education
Opinion
Top Opinion Blog Posts of 2014: Education Week's Most-Viewed
Education Week's opinion bloggers discussed and debated student learning styles, test-based accountability, the common core, and more in the most-read posts of the year.
Education
Opinion
Top Education Commentaries of 2014: Education Week's Most-Viewed
To give a sense of which opinion essays our readers found most compelling in 2014, the editors at Education Week have compiled a list of our 10 most-viewed Commentaries.
Standards & Accountability
Cutoff Scores Set for Common-Core Tests
More than half the students who take the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium test are expected to fall below the cutoffs for grade-level proficiency in English/language arts and mathematics.
Standards & Accountability
Common Core Redoes the Math
69ý and teachers face complex challenges and competing demands as they work toward implementing the new math standards.
Student Well-Being
Philadelphia Tragedy Highlights Role of School Nurses
The death of a student who got sick at a school with no full-time nurse on duty has renewed a nationwide debate over the need for school nurses—even amid budget cuts.
Standards & Accountability
National Landscape Fragments as States Plan Common-Core Testing
A 50-state survey by Education Week finds that the shared exams being developed by two assessment consortia are losing sway as more states pursue their own paths.
School Choice & Charters
Public 69ý Outperform Private 69ý, Book Says
A pair of researchers have published a controversial book reigniting the long-running debate over academic achievement in public vs. private schools.
Standards & Accountability
Resistance to the Common Core Mounts
Critics of the standards for English/language arts and mathematics span the political spectrum, from tea-party members to union leaders.
School & District Management
More Than Half of 69ý 'Engaged' in School, Says Poll
A new report from Gallup Education shows just how powerful schools and teachers can be in motivating students to take an active role in the classroom.
Law & Courts
Google Under Fire for Data-Mining Student Email Messages
The company acknowledges scanning the emails of Apps for Education users and faces allegations in a federal lawsuit that it built "surreptitious user profiles" for advertising purposes.
Teaching
'Platooning' on the Rise in Early Grades
The practice of assigning teachers to subject-specific classes, long a staple of middle and high schools, is gaining ground at the elementary level.
States
Equity in Achievement, Funding Are Hurdles for States Amid Progress
Quality Counts 2014 rates states and the nation on key student-performance and finance indicators.