Education Week
U.S. center-left
Background
Education Week was founded in September 1981, with seed funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to provide dedicated professional news coverage of U.S. K–12 education. It is published by Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), a nonprofit that has operated it since its inception. The publication grew to become the largest newsroom in the country focused exclusively on precollegiate education. It publishes roughly 37 issues a year and maintains edweek.org as its primary digital platform. Funding has always relied heavily on major philanthropic foundations alongside subscriptions and advertising — a structure that critics note can subtly shape coverage priorities toward foundation-favored reform agendas, though EPE formally bars funders from reviewing content before publication. Media Bias/Fact Check rates it left-center on the political spectrum and high for factual accuracy. Since 2025, Education Week has closely tracked the Trump administration's cuts to federal education grants, reductions at the Department of Education, and the resulting surge in litigation — coverage that independent raters and the overall framing of its reporting place in a broadly critical posture toward the administration's education agenda.
Sources
- About Us — Education Week
- Our Organization — Education Week
- Our Story — Education Week
- Our Supporters — Education Week
- Statement of Editorial Independence and Standards — Education Week
- Education Week — Wikipedia
- Education Week — Bias and Credibility, Media Bias/Fact Check
- Trump Slashed Billions for Education in 2025 — Education Week
- Trump's Education Policies Spurred 72 Lawsuits in 2025 — Education Week
Profile compiled 2026-09-19; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.