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The article presents a profile of John Asplund, superintendent of Farmington Central School District in Illinois.

The article discusses the status of the Teach to Lead projects and teacher leadership at several states in the U.S. It cites the plan of educators and administrators to foster the concept pushed by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards on a statewide scale. It stresses the need for teachers to be heard by authorities on issues relative to education policy.

The article discusses a controversy regarding the resignation of teacher Ann Marie Corgill of Oliver Elementary School in Birmingham, Alabama after her certification was deemed invalid for teaching in a different grade. Corgill's award as Alabama's 2014-15 Teacher of the Year is noted. The impact of the federal law Title I on teacher certification at low-income schools under the highly qualified teacher section of the U.S. No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is addressed.

The article discusses investigations of teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles, California in relation to a lawsuit by fired teacher Rafe Esquith. Topics include the district's creation of a Student Safety Investigation Team (SSIT), due process rights for teachers who are being investigated, and the position of the teachers' union United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) on the issue. The lawsuit Vergara v. California is noted.

The article discusses efforts to rebrand the U.S. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Topics discussed include the ways in which NCLB has become synonymous with "standardized tests" for many in the U.S., the fact that NCLB is the brand applied to the U.S. Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and the efforts of the U.S. Congress to reauthorize the act.

The article discusses educational conferences and offers suggestions for organizers and attendees on getting the most out of a conference experience. Topics discussed include the over-reliance on Microsoft PowerPoint software during presentations, the use of microblogging web resource Twitter by conferences, and networking that is done at conferences.

The author reflects on opposition to the Common Core State Standards, a set of U.S. educational standards implemented under the administration of President Barack Obama, and notes that critics have voiced complaints regarding topics such as curriculum development and testing.

The article reports a study which reveals the benefits of peer-led team learning in helping minority students achieve success in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses.

The article reports that according to a survey conducted by the Gallup, student engagement decreases with progressive grade level and highlighted the importance of parent involvement to develop students' connection to school.

The article announces that Hanan Al Hroub, an author and teacher in Palestine has won the second annual Globe Teaching Prize which is sponsored by the Varkey Foundation.

The article reports that lawmakers in Florida have renewed a teacher bonus program called the Best and Brightest program. It discusses how the program works, criticism that the program unfairly discriminates against older teachers, and the program's role in teacher recruitment.

The article reports on the announcement of U.S.-based book publisher Simon & Schuster on its plan to launch its Salaam Reads, a Muslim-themed children's literature which aim to introduce Muslim life among children of all religions through literature.

The article reports on the study of educators in five U.S. states which found that the Common Core State Standards have fostered instructional changes in classrooms, but offers less clarity on specific strategies that boost student achievement. These changes include emphasis on conceptual understanding in mathematics, assigned writing with use of evidence, and the use of nonfiction in reading. The research was conducted by the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University.

The article presents the views of several educators in the U.S. on how much did a new teacher know about the school he/she ended up at, and the factors considered by teachers when deciding whether or not to leave a school.

The article offers information on recruitment of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) teachers in the U.S. Topics discussed include diversity of teachers, federal initiatives on AAPI population, and nonacademic issues of AAPI students. Comments from director Justin Tandingan and teacher Alicia Johal are also included.

The article focuses on the studies commissioned by nonprofit National Center on Education and the Economy which show the positive impact of teacher professional development (PD) in any school accountability system around the world. Topics include the commonalities among PD programs in high-performing systems, the challenges in implementing collaborative PD models, and the need for the U.S. education system to learn the lesson from other countries.

The article focuses on Maz Kanata, a character voiced by actress actress Lupita Nyong'o in the film "Star Wars: The Force Awakening," which is based from director J. J Abrams and production designer Rick Carter's late California high school English teacher Rose Gilbert.

The article reports on the federal complaint filed by the Florida Education Association regarding a teacher-bonus program in the state that allegedly discriminates teachers based on age and race.

The article reports that a teachers' strike by the union East St. Louis Federation of Teachers in the East St. Louis, Illinois school district ended in November 2015, noting disputes about a bonus offered and salary increases included in a contract.

The article reports that an analysis of strikes by U.S. teachers shows that the pace of strikes has been steady from 2010 to 2015, noting state laws on strikes by public employees.

The article reports that attrition or turnover has become a major issue in North Carolina public schools. Topics include changes to North Carolina teacher salaries as part of a 2014 budget law, the opinions of North Carolina teachers on state Republican Party politicians, and the recruitment of North Carolina teachers by schools in other states.

The article, adapted from a blog post at www.edweek.org/go/blogs, discusses a blog post by author Roxanna Elden regarding learning to break grammatical rules as a writing exercise.

The article discusses the use of the social media network Twitter by U.S. teachers in relation to professional development (PD). Topics include the use of the hashtag #Edchat on Twitter, the impact of social media discussion on teaching methodologies, and the nature of teacher collaboration using Twitter.

The article reports that the Albuquerque, New Mexico teachers' union Albuquerque Teachers Federation has rejected a plan by New Mexico's education department to give teachers $100 prepaid cards for classroom materials, citing problems with the state's teacher-evaluation system.

The article looks at teacher recruitment and hiring in the U.S., discussing indications of teacher shortages in some geographic locations while nationally the supply of teachers relative to the number of students is stable. Topics include fields such as mathematics and special education in which teacher shortages are more common, Kansas's policy allowing the hiring of unlicensed teachers in certain districts, and teacher recruitment strategies such as hiring bonuses.

An obituary for educator and author Grant Wiggins, known for his book "Understanding by Design," co-authored with Jay McTighe, is presented.

The article discusses the April 2015 report "The Condition of Future Educators 2014" by the nonprofit organization ACT Inc., which shows a drop from 2010 to 2014 in the percentage of U.S. graduating high school students planning on majoring in education in college.

The article discusses the promotion of the U.S. Department of Education's Teach to Lead program by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, noting the lack of funding for the teacher-leadership program. Topics include the role of teachers in educational change, conferences by Teach to Lead on teacher-leadership, and the role of teachers in state educational policy.

The article presents a reprint of the blog post "California Districts Ignoring Law On Teacher Reviews, Report Says," initially published on the journal's "Teacher Beat" blog, discussing allegations against school districts in California for not enforcing teacher evaluation laws even after lawsuits.

The article discusses information also available on the periodical's website regarding research from the U.S. National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) on teacher salaries.

The article discusses the development of performance assessments to measure student mathematics understanding in the U.S. as part of the Common Core State Standards. Topics discussed include the efforts of the consortia the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), attempts to limit test bias in the assessments, and the level of difficulty associated with the assessments.

The article discusses the U.S. Department of Defense's search for a substitute teacher for a school located on its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, provides information regarding the position, and looks at the education of military children.

The article discusses an empathy-building project at Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California where teachers read Tweets, or posts from the microblogging website Twitter, aloud that were written about them by students.

The article discusses the report "Teaching the Movement 2014" by the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance project, which looks at how schools teach civil rights history in the U.S., suggesting that states such as Alaska, Maine, and Wyoming do not teach the civil rights movement.

The article discusses changes to student discipline policies in Broward County, Florida, commenting on its decision to abolish zero tolerance policies in the district following the incarceration of many students and the district's focus on restorative justice.

The article discusses research conducted in part by Julia Burdick-Will of Brown University into the negative impact of violence crime rates on student achievement, particularly commenting on the lowering of schoolwide expectations in areas of violence in the U.S.

The article examines how the October 2013 U.S. government shutdown has impacted the Department of Education, noting that 4,000 employees have been furloughed. It discusses the financial impact on employees no longer receiving paychecks, such as Steven Hicks, Samuel Lopez, and Laura G. Johns. Additional information is provided on bills passed by the U.S. Congress designed to provide some level of financial relief to those employees considered nonessential.

The article discusses teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan, who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2013, which was eventually awarded to the international group Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

The article discusses the September 2013 ruling of the Freedom of Information Commission in Connecticut dictating that the Newtown, Connecticut, police department release to the public the 911 telephone call recordings associated with 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

The article discusses a study that will be published in the journal "Child Development" in 2014 regarding the effect of parents' yelling on children's behavior, which surveyed Pennsylvania parents and teenagers on their parent-child relationship, mental health, and parenting tactics.

The article reports that during the 2013 school year, schools in states such as Missouri, Indiana, and North Dakota have been forced to close due to heat and temperatures deemed detrimental to student's learning.

The article presents information on the report "Climate Change: Creating an Integrated Framework for Improving School Climate" by the U.S. national research organization Alliance for Excellent Education on school climate, learning environment, and student engagement.

The article discusses an August 2013 vote among the residents of Newtown, Connecticut, to approve the use of grant money to build a new elementary school rather than continue to use the school building that was the site of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

The article examines the portrayal of education and schools in motion pictures released in 2012 such as "Won't Back Down," "21 Jump Street," and "Here Comes the Boom."

The article discusses the television program "House of Cards" by Netflix video streaming company and its depiction of the U.S. Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), adapted from a February 2013 blog post written by Ross Brenneman and published in the issue's Politics K-12 blog.

The article discusses a boycott conducted by teachers of the Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, against the school's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) computerized high-stakes educational test. Topics include the impact of the MAP tests on teacher evaluation according to Kris McBride, Garfield's testing coordinator, support for the boycott by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the importance, according to the boycotting teachers, of testing validity of high-stakes tests.

The article discusses student truancy and the use of global positioning systems (GPS) technology by schools to prevent it, excerpted from the 2013 blog post "It's 10 a.m.: Do You Know Where Your Students Are?," by Ross Brenneman, published in the issue's online Rules for Engagement blog.

The article discusses "Binge Drinking Among Women and High School Girls: United States, 2011," a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noting alcohol use by women in various age categories and their frequency of binge drinking habits.

The article discusses the think.respect education program to be implemented in Michigan by the state's Education Department to raise academic achievement by increasing instruction in physical, social, and emotional learning, funded by a federal Safe and Supportive Schools grant.

The article discusses criticism of Louisiana's Act 861, an anti-bullying law, based on the workload it could place on schools regarding investigation of alleged bullying.