Education Week#Website edweek.org
{{Short description|Education news publication}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Education Week
| logo = Education Week logo.svg
| type = Newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| owners = Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
| political position = Nonpartisan{{cite web|title=Statement of Editorial Independence and Standards|url=https://www.edweek.org/info/about/education-week-statement-of-editorial-independence-and.html|work=Education Week|access-date=May 7, 2018}}
| publisher =
| president = Michele J. Givens (and CEO)
| chiefeditor = Beth Frerking
| maneditor = Lesli A. Maxwell
| custom_label = Number of employees
| foundation = {{start date and age|1981|9|7}}
| headquarters = Bethesda, MD
| ISSN = 0277-4232
| oclc = 07579948
| language = English
| website = [http://www.edweek.org/ edweek.org]
}}
{{Education in the U.S.}}
Education Week is a news organization that has covered K–12 education since 1981. It is owned by Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), a nonprofit organization, and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
The newspaper publishes 37 issues a year, including three annual reports (Quality Counts, Technology Counts, and Leaders to Learn From). From 1997 to 2010, Quality Counts was sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
History
In 1962, Ronald Wolk wrote a report for Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), a nonprofit organization. Wolk, who was on leave from his job as editor of the Johns Hopkins University alumni bulletin, recommended a “communications vehicle for college and university trustees.” In 1966, EPE established the Chronicle of Higher Education.{{cite book |last1=Baldwin |first1=Patricia |title=Covering the Campus: The History of The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1966-1993 |date=1995 |publisher=University of North Texas Press |page=4 |isbn=9780929398976 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aNwjHVzwyjwC |access-date=18 May 2023}}
In 1978, EPE sold the Chronicle to its editors. Using the proceeds, EPE began Education Week, in 1981.{{cite news |last1=Borg |first1=Linda |title=School reform champion, Ronald A. Wolk, dies at 86 |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/education/2018/05/01/school-reform-champion-ronald-a-wolk-dies-at-86/12239591007/ |access-date=18 May 2023 |work=The Providence Journal |date=May 1, 2018}}
Cofounders, Ronald Wolk and Martha Matzke, wanted Education Week to be a version of the Chronicle, but focused on kindergarten through 12th grade.{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Ronald Wolk, Innovator in Covering Education News, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/obituaries/ronald-wolk-innovator-in-covering-education-news-dies-at-86.html |access-date=18 May 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=May 7, 2018}} Wolk was Education Week’s first publisher and editor in chief.{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Nick |title=Ronald Wolk, whose Education Week put national spotlight on schools, dies at 86 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ronald-wolk-whose-education-week-put-national-spotlight-on-schools-dies-at-86/2018/05/02/7f2f5538-4e04-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html |access-date=18 May 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 2, 2018}} Matzke was later named executive editor.{{cite news |last1=Chronister |first1=Gregory |title=Martha K. Matzke helped build Education Week |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/martha-k-matzke-helped-build-education-week/2018/05/18/f0c2f26a-58a2-11e8-9889-07bcc1327f4b_story.html |access-date=18 May 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 18, 2018}}
The first issue of Education Week appeared on September 7, 1981.{{cite news |last1=Hensley |first1=Charlotta |title=Periodicals |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00987913.1984.10763574?journalCode=usrv20 |access-date=18 May 2023 |work=Serials Review |date=1984|doi=10.1080/00987913.1984.10763574 }}
Projects
In addition to publishing a newspaper, Education Week conducts surveys and publishes research.
Phi Delta Kappan, a journal for education, called Education Week's school-closing tracker “a go-to resource for education reporters.”{{cite news |last1=DiLonardo |first1=Mary Jo |title=Making the map: How EdWeek devised a must-have pandemic resource |url=https://kappanonline.org/dilonardo-russo-making-the-map-edweek-must-have-resource-covid-19-pandemic-dilonardo/ |access-date=18 May 2023 |work=Phi Delta Kappan |date=March 31, 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://edweek.org}}
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