Liana Loewus
Education Week
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Liana:
Understanding Learning ‘Acceleration’: Going Slow to Go Fast
Acceleration is sold as the way to fill academic holes left by less-than-ideal learning conditions last school year. But there are caveats. → Read More
Why Teachers Leave—or Don't: A Look at the Numbers
New EdWeek survey results reveal why teachers consider leaving the profession, and how the pandemic has changed their decisionmaking. → Read More
Data: How Reading Is Really Being Taught
New survey data from Education Week show that most K-2 teachers and education professors are using instructional methods that run counter to the cognitive science. → Read More
What Teachers Should Know About the Science of Reading (Video and Transcript)
Education correspondent Emily Hanford of APM Reports spoke with Education Week about her radio documentary on early reading and what teachers should know about reading science. → Read More
What the Nation's Best Teachers Are Saying About U.S. Child Detention Policies
At an event in El Paso, Texas, hundreds of teachers, including many who've received their state's highest recognition, gathered to protest the Trump administration's policy of detaining migrant children and separating them from their parents. See what some teachers had to say. → Read More
How to Differentiate Instruction (Without Losing Your Mind)
Differentiation doesn't have to mean spending hours creating separate lessons for every student. In these two videos, veteran educators Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski describe techniques they use to meet students where they are in a multi-ability classroom. → Read More
The Teacher Strikes and Protests Planned for 2019
2018 was a pivotal year for teacher activism, and teachers in California and Virginia already are among those planning actions for early 2019. → Read More
Millennial Teachers: Things to Consider in Trying to Recruit and Retain Them
Dozens of coaches and administrators gathered to address tactics for hiring and retaining millennial teachers—and with an eye toward avoiding stereotypes. → Read More
Does It Make Sense to Offer Housing Perks for Teachers?
A growing number of districts are using housing incentives to recruit teachers, but there is not yet proof that it works—or that it's good policy. → Read More
Salaries, Taxes, and Best Places to Live: Teacher Beat's Top Stories for 2017
Looking across the most-read pieces on the Teacher Beat blog this year, a theme emerges right away: money. → Read More
Teacher Performance Pay Boosts Student Scores (and 5 Other Study Takeaways)
The final results of a federal study on performance pay are in—and it looks like giving teachers bonuses led to slightly better math and reading results from students. → Read More
Teacher Performance Pay Boosts Student Scores (and 5 Other Study Takeaways)
The final results of a federal study on performance pay are in—and it looks like giving teachers bonuses led to slightly better math and reading results from students. → Read More
Majority of Teachers Say Reforms Have Been 'Too Much'
Eighty-six percent of teachers say they've experienced changes on the job in the past two years, finds a new survey from the Education Week Research Center. For many of them, it's "too much." → Read More
Are States Tracking Teacher Shortages? Generally, No.
Pinpointing exactly where teachers are needed has not been a priority for most states, according to a new report. → Read More
Dozens of 'Absent Reserve' Teachers Now Back in New York City Classrooms
The New York City education department planned to pull hundreds from its "absent teacher reserve" pool to fill vacancies in schools, yet so far just 41 teachers have been placed. → Read More
AFT President Weingarten Arrested at Protest for Dreamers
Randi Weingarten, the president of one of the nation's largest teachers' unions, was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol in a demonstration in support of undocumented students and teachers. → Read More
Wisconsin Killed License Renewal. So Why Are Teachers So Upset?
Wisconsin is one of five states that now gives lifetime licenses, but many teachers say the change could damage their profession. → Read More
Teacher Tax Deduction Could Double to $500 Under Approved Senate Bill
The version of the tax bill passed by the Republican-led Senate would double the amount teachers can deduct for classroom supplies. → Read More
Teacher Tax Deduction Could Double to $500 Under Approved Senate Bill
The version of the tax bill passed by the Republican-led Senate would double the amount teachers can deduct for classroom supplies. → Read More
Teachers Hit the Picket Line at First Charter School to Unionize in D.C.
Just one charter school in D.C. has formed a union, and teachers there say the administration isn't negotiating with them as is legally required. → Read More