edWeb.net, a leading provider of free professional learning for educators from preK – 12, is the 2026 CODiE Award Winner for Best Education Professional Development Solution.


edWeb.net, a leading provider of free professional learning for educators from preK – 12, is the 2026 CODiE Award Winner for Best Education Professional Development Solution.

edWeb.net announces the July issue of the edWeb Educator Voice, a professional learning research series on important issues in education.

Chronic absenteeism is a serious problem that causes students to fall dramatically behind in school, creating gaps that may never close. How can educators identify its signs and get families involved before it’s too late?

Too often, English Learner (EL) instruction is taught in isolation, especially when it comes to the content. Students are pulled out of class or scheduled for additional instruction, but the topics of the vocabulary, spelling lists, and grammar exercises bear no resemblance to the content in their core classrooms. Moreover, because the student is an EL, expectations are often lowered, and the student receives less rigorous texts in their main classwork.

If students could choose, would they want to stay in your class? The question challenged Matthew Ginsburg, Principal of the Chittick, a K0-6 Boston Public School, when he first encountered it in a teacher success rubric as a fourth-grade math teacher. He assumed kids didn’t want to come to math or other classes with difficult topics, like adding fractions.

Despite heavy district investments and stronger curricula, students across the country continue to struggle with math. A common reason is that they lack math fact automaticity, causing them to divert focus to math processes they should be able to complete without thinking. So how can schools address this?

It’s tempting to create a new program or purchase a new tool when federal school improvement funding is available and must be accessed fast. Nobody wants to lose out on those valuable dollars.

How students demonstrate learning tops one of the mega-trends facing leaders this year. So does empowering students to choose what and how they learn. CoSN’s annual Driving K-12 Innovation Report names the three top hurdles, accelerators, and technology enablers—obstacles, mega-trends, and tools—identified by 130 educators and technology experts.

Children’s education neither begins nor ends in the classroom. Families play a vital role in the learning process, but might not know how to best support their children, and educators often aren’t sure how to help families provide support.

Here’s the truth about assessment: There is no holy grail, no tool that does it all. What exists are trade-offs; every tool has an advantage and a disadvantage.