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Education Week: Study: Effective Principals Embrace Collective Leadership

The wide-ranging study linked high student achievement to those principals who involved teachers, parents, and others in school decisions. (July 23, 2010)
The regulations being proposed today would cut off federal aid to for-profit colleges if too many students default on loans or don't earn enough after graduation. (July 23, 2010)
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Mary Schulken reported and commented on the challenges of rural schools in North Carolina for two daily newspapers. She grew up on a tobacco farm in one of the state's most rural counties, where the school district consistently ranks among the most challenged by poverty, low funding, and geographic isolation. 
(Active June 2010-present)
Mary-Ellen Phelps Deily is a veteran editor and reporter who has worked for Education Week in a variety of roles over the past decade-plus. In this blog, she looks at the world of learning outside the traditional school day. 
(Active April 2010-present)
Caralee Johnson Adams explores the issues affecting access to higher education. Ms. Adams has worked as a journalist for nearly 25 years, covering education, health, parenting, and other issues. 
(Active April 2010-present)
A wide-ranging forum for discussing school curriculum across the subject areas with Education Week reporters Catherine Gewertz and Erik Robelen.(Active June 2008-present)
Education Week Digital Directions writers Katie Ash and Ian Quillen and Education Week Digital Directions senior writer Michelle Davis cover tech topics and trends in K-12 education. (Active September 2008-present)
Education Week reporter Dakarai Aarons reports on news and trends in the nation's school districts. (Active August 2009-present)
Lisa Fine, a former reporter for Education Week, has covered education and other public-interest topics at the local, state, and national level for various newspapers. Now, she tackles the issues, news, and trends of early-childhood education. 
(Active June 2010-present)
Veteran reporter Debra Viadero dissects findings affecting schools and shares news about education research for audiences extending far beyond the Ivory Tower. (Active March 2009-present)
The first group blog by school leaders for school leaders, LeaderTalk expresses the voice of the administrator in this era of school reform. (Active December 2008-present)
Mary Ann Zehr is an assistant editor at Education Week. She tackles difficult policy questions, explores learning innovations, and shares stories about different cultural groups on her beat. (Active February 2007-present)
Education Week reporter Christina A. Samuels tracks news and trends of interest to the special education community, including administrators, teachers, and parents. (Active January 2008-present)
Michele McNeil and Alyson Klein provide regular coverage of political developments that affect education at the federal and state levels. (Active September 2007-present)
News and analysis on legal developments affecting schools, educators, and parents, written by Mark Walsh, contributing writer to Education Week, who has been covering legal issues in education for more than 17 years. (Active January 2008-present)
Lesli A. Maxwell, who reports on state policy for Education Week, tracks education policy and politics across the 50 states.
(Active January 2010-present)
Stephen Sawchuk comes to the teacher beat at Education Week after covering federal education policy. (Active August 2008-present)