Education Week
 | |
| Type | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Editorial Projects in Education, Inc. |
| Founder | Ronald A. Wolk[1] |
| President | Michele J. Givens (and CEO) |
Editor-in-chief | Beth Frerking |
Managing editor | Sean Cavanagh |
Number of employees | 94 (2023)[2] |
| Founded | September 7, 1981 |
Political alignment | Nonpartisan[3] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Bethesda, MD |
| ISSN | 0277-4232 |
| OCLC number | 07579948 |
| Website | edweek.org |
| This article is part of a series on |
| Education in the United States |
|---|
 |
| Summary |
| History |
| Curriculum topics |
| Education policy issues |
| Levels of education |
 Education portal United States portal |
Education Week is a news publication 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
[edit]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]
Education Week staff formed a union in November 2023,[9] and ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with management in December 2025.[10]
Projects
[edit]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."[11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Roberts, Sam (May 7, 2018). "Ronald Wolk, Innovator in Covering Education News, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ↑ Frerking, Beth (August 31, 2023). "Education Week Employees Take Steps to Unionize". Education Week. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ↑ "Statement of Editorial Independence and Standards". Education Week. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Borg, Linda (May 1, 2018). "School reform champion, Ronald A. Wolk, dies at 86". The Providence Journal. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Chronister, Gregory (May 18, 2018). "Martha K. Matzke helped build Education Week". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ↑ Hensley, Charlotta (1984). "Periodicals". Serials Review. doi:10.1080/00987913.1984.10763574. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ↑ "Education Week staffers overwhelming vote to unionize". NewsGuild. NewsGuild-Communication Workers of America. November 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- ↑ Floyd, Kathleen (February 3, 2026). "Education Week Union overwhelmingly ratifies first collective bargaining agreement". NewsGuild-CWA. NewsGuild-Communication Workers of America. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- ↑ DiLonardo, Mary Jo (March 31, 2020). "Making the map: How EdWeek devised a must-have pandemic resource". Phi Delta Kappan. Retrieved May 18, 2023.