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Education Week
TypeNewspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Founder(s)Ronald A. Wolk[1]
PresidentMichele J. Givens (and CEO)
Editor-in-chiefBeth Frerking
Managing editorLesli A. Maxwell
Number of employees94 (2023)[2]
FoundedSeptember 7, 1981; 42 years ago (1981-09-07)
Political alignmentNonpartisan[3]
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersBethesda, MD
ISSN0277-4232
OCLC number07579948
Websiteedweek.org

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

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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.”[1] In 1966, EPE established the Chronicle of Higher Education.[4]

In 1978, EPE sold the Chronicle to its editors. Using the proceeds, EPE began Education Week, in 1981.[5]

Cofounders, Ronald Wolk and Martha Matzke, wanted Education Week to be a version of the Chronicle, but focused on kindergarten through 12th grade.[1] Wolk was Education Week’s first publisher and editor in chief.[6] Matzke was later named executive editor.[7]

The first issue of Education Week appeared on September 7, 1981.[8]

Projects

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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.”[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Roberts, Sam (May 7, 2018). "Ronald Wolk, Innovator in Covering Education News, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  2. ^ Frerking, Beth (August 31, 2023). "Education Week Employees Take Steps to Unionize". Education Week. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Statement of Editorial Independence and Standards". Education Week. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  4. ^ Baldwin, Patricia (1995). Covering the Campus: The History of The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1966-1993. University of North Texas Press. p. 4. ISBN 9780929398976. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  5. ^ Borg, Linda (May 1, 2018). "School reform champion, Ronald A. Wolk, dies at 86". The Providence Journal. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  6. ^ Anderson, Nick (May 2, 2018). "Ronald Wolk, whose Education Week put national spotlight on schools, dies at 86". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  7. ^ Chronister, Gregory (May 18, 2018). "Martha K. Matzke helped build Education Week". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  8. ^ Hensley, Charlotta (1984). "Periodicals". Serials Review. doi:10.1080/00987913.1984.10763574. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  9. ^ DiLonardo, Mary Jo (March 31, 2020). "Making the map: How EdWeek devised a must-have pandemic resource". Phi Delta Kappan. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
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