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Below are answers to frequently asked questions regarding the use and licensing of Education Week content. If you need additional assistance, please contact us at reprints@educationweek.org.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do I need permission to hyperlink to Education Week content?
- Do I need permission to email an Education Week article?
- Do I need permission to print or photocopy an Education Week article for personal, noncommercial use?
- Do I need permission to quote a portion of an Education Week article?
- How do I seek permission to use photographs, videos, infographics, or other multimedia content?
- How can I use Education Week content in my classroom or share it with my colleagues?
- How do I order a print issue of Education Week?
- How do I seek permission to use or reprint Education Week content when not otherwise permitted?
You may hyperlink to Education Week content—including articles, photographs, videos or other multimedia or infographics—as long as you do not state or imply that Education Week sponsors or endorses your site or any of your products or services. You may also embed one of our videos on your site in a manner that does not suggest that it is your content. When linking to our articles, you are permitted to use our headline and include a few sentences from our article in a manner that makes clear that Education Week is the publisher. Here is an example of permissible hyperlinking to our site:
Vision, Reality Collide in Common-Core Tests - Education Week
In states across the country, field-testing of the exams that will measure students’ mastery of the Common Core State Standards is well underway. Much attention is focusing on the questions that this “testing of the test” will inevitably raise about bandwidth, access for special populations, and standard-setting.
Hyperlinking to or emailing articles will allow most non-subscribers to access them. You can see our
For all Education Week publications with the exception of EdWeek Market Brief, you may email the full text of an Education Week article to up to five (5) people for personal, noncommercial use only. You must keep intact all copyright or other proprietary notices that appear on such material. If you wish to email the full text of an article to more than five (5) people or for commercial use, or any other purpose—or if you wish to email an EdWeek Market Brief article—please send your request to reprints@educationweek.org.
Your request should (i) identify yourself and/or publication, including your contact information; (ii) identify the content you wish to email (a hyperlink or headline and date of publication); (iii) describe the purpose of your intended email distribution, and (iv) include how many people you wish to distribute the content to.
You may email hyperlinks to our content—along with our headline and a few sentences of the article—to as many people as you wish.
You may print or photocopy Education Week content on a limited basis for personal, non-commercial use without permission. For all Education Week publications with the exception of EdWeek Market Brief, you can make up to five (5) copies of an article (photocopies or printed copies) for personal, noncommercial use. For EdWeek Market Brief, you can make one (1) copy (photocopy or printed copy) of an article for personal, noncommercial use. You must keep intact all copyright or other proprietary notices that appear on such material. You may not otherwise reproduce copies of any Education Week content in any form without prior written consent. If you’d like to make copies beyond these limits or for commercial use, or any other purpose, please send your request to reprints@educationweek.org.
Your request should (i) identify yourself and/or publication, including your contact information; (ii) identify the content you wish to copy (a hyperlink or headline and date of publication); (iii) describe the purpose of your intended copying, and (iv) include how many copies you wish to make.
It may be permissible to quote from an Education Week article on a limited basis. Whether permission is required depends on the context of the quotes, the number of quotes used, and the length of the quotes. You should never use an excessive number of quotes or use them in a manner that will change their meaning or create a misleading impression. It is best to seek permission to quote from Education Week articles if you are uncertain about the permissibility of your intended usage. Please send your request to reprints@educationweek.org.
Your request should (i) identify yourself and/or publication, including your contact information; (ii) identify the content you wish to quote (a hyperlink or headline and date of publication); and (iii) describe your intended use (educational or commercial; duration of expected use; print or online, etc.)
Use of photographs, videos, infographics, or other multimedia content appearing in Education Week’s print or digital platforms requires advance permission from Education Week or, if applicable, another copyright holder of that content. If you wish to use such content, please send your request to reprints@educationweek.org.
Your request should (i) identify yourself and/or publication, including your contact information; (ii) identify the content you wish to use (a hyperlink or headline and date of publication); and (iii) describe your intended use (educational or commercial; duration of expected use; print or online; documentary, broadcast, etc.). If you are requesting use of a portion of a video, please identify the portion you wish to use via timestamps from the clip.
If the photograph or other multimedia content you seek to use is credited to a source other than Education Week (for example, The Associated Press or Getty Images), you should contact that source for permission to use the content.
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Your request should (i) identify yourself and/or publication, including your contact information; (ii) identify the content you wish to use (a hyperlink or headline and date of publication); and (iii) describe your intended use (educational or commercial; duration of expected use; print or online; documentary, broadcast, etc.).
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If you wish to use or reprint any Education Week content beyond the limited scope described on this page, please email your request to reprints@educationweek.org.
Your request should (i) identify yourself and/or publication, including your contact information; (ii) identify the content you wish to use (a hyperlink or headline and date of publication); and (iii) describe your intended use (educational or commercial; duration of expected use; print or online, etc.)
