Education Week

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::summary Education news publication ::

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Field	Value
name	Education Week
logo	Education Week logo.svg
type	Newspaper
format	Broadsheet
founder	Ronald A. Wolk
owners	Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
political_position	Nonpartisan
president	Michele J. Givens (and CEO)
chief_editor	Beth Frerking
managing_editor	Lesli A. Maxwell
custom_label	Number of employees
custom_data	94 (2023)
founded
headquarters	Bethesda, MD
ISSN	0277-4232
oclc	07579948
language	English
website	edweek.org
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| name = Education Week | logo = Education Week logo.svg | type = Newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founder = Ronald A. Wolk | owners = Editorial Projects in Education, Inc. | political_position = Nonpartisan | publisher = | president = Michele J. Givens (and CEO) | chief_editor = Beth Frerking | managing_editor = Lesli A. Maxwell | custom_label = Number of employees | custom_data = 94 (2023) | founded = | headquarters = Bethesda, MD | ISSN = 0277-4232 | oclc = 07579948 | language = English | website = edweek.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

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

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

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

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.”

References

References

1. "Statement of Editorial Independence and Standards". Education Week.
2. (31 August 2023). "Education Week Employees Take Steps to Unionize". Education Week.
3. (1995). "Covering the Campus: The History of The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1966-1993". University of North Texas Press.
4. (May 1, 2018). "School reform champion, Ronald A. Wolk, dies at 86". The Providence Journal.
5. (May 7, 2018). "Ronald Wolk, Innovator in Covering Education News, Dies at 86". The New York Times.
6. (May 2, 2018). "Ronald Wolk, whose Education Week put national spotlight on schools, dies at 86". The Washington Post.
7. (May 18, 2018). "Martha K. Matzke helped build Education Week". The Washington Post.
8. (1984). "Periodicals". Serials Review.
9. (March 31, 2020). "Making the map: How EdWeek devised a must-have pandemic resource". [[PDK International.

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