Education Week media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Education Week one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 13 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Education Week biased?
The rating organisations do not give Education Week one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Education Week left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Education Week one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Education Week reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Education Week are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Education Week has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Education Week’s own report linked underneath.
American Federation of Teachers sues Education Secretary over Public Service Loan Forgiveness delays
Trust 86The American Federation of Teachers filed a class‑action lawsuit against Education Secretary Linda McMahon, claiming the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program has stalled for over 90,000 borrowers. The suit says 88,000 applications remain undecided and cites Senator Ed Markey’s $96 billion relief figure.
Education Week reported it asTeachers' Union Sues Trump Administration Over Student Loan Forgiveness (opens Education Week in a new tab)
A 16-year-old gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The shooter, identified as John Griffin Jr. III, used a shotgun purchased by his mother and was killed by a bystander. Two others were critically injured.
Education Week reported it asA Shooting Strikes an Elementary School. Some Doubt Policy Change Will Follow (opens Education Week in a new tab)
New York will participate in a federal scholarship tax credit program starting January 1. Taxpayers can receive federal credits for donations to nonprofit scholarship organizations, with individuals eligible for up to $1,700 and married couples up to $3,400. The program faces opposition from teachers unions.
Education Week reported it asFederal Education Tax Credit Rules Are Finally Here. What We Know So Far (opens Education Week in a new tab)
A federal judge ruled that Oklahoma officials cannot require a proposed Jewish charter school to be non-religious. The ruling came after the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation sued the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board for rejecting their application.
Education Week reported it asFederal Court Ruling Paves Way for Jewish Charter School in Oklahoma (opens Education Week in a new tab)
The U.S. Department of Education has rescinded the 2024 Biden-era Title IX regulations, reinstating the 2020 interpretation that defines sex as male or female. The move removes protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, drawing criticism and praise.
Education Week reported it asEd. Dept. Officially Kills Biden Rule That Added LGBTQ+ Protections to Title IX (opens Education Week in a new tab)
The Justice Department is seeking to end more than 50 long-standing court orders designed to curb racial segregation in schools. The move has drawn criticism from former officials who warn it could lead to increased discrimination.
Education Week reported it asTrump Administration Moves to Limit Fixes for Systemic Racism in Schools (opens Education Week in a new tab)
On 17 September 2026 a federal judge struck down a Trump‑era rule that required the US Education Department to terminate millions of dollars in diversity, equity and inclusion grants. The decision was first reported by Reuters and was covered by several centre and right outlets.
Education Week reported it asTrump's Education Funding Maneuvers Were Illegal, Judges Rule (opens Education Week in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed 13 new laws designed to shield minors from the potential harms of social media and AI chatbots. The legislation includes penalties for companies found negligent and restrictions on addictive online content.
Education Week reported it asNew California Laws Aim to Protect Kids From Social Media, AI Chatbot Risks (opens Education Week in a new tab)
A federal judge dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit challenging California's policies on transgender athletes. The judge ruled the DOJ did not give California adequate prior notice before threatening to withhold $44 billion in education funds. The DOJ is reviewing an appeal.
Education Week reported it asTitle IX Doesn't Require Transgender Athletes' Exclusion, Judge Rules (opens Education Week in a new tab)
The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, alleging its transgender student policies violate federal law. The school district maintains its policies are compliant with federal regulations.
Education Week reported it asTrump Admin. Says School District Facilitates 'Gender Transitions,' Files Suit (opens Education Week in a new tab)
The US Department of Education issued guidance on 19 August 2026 directing schools to apply discipline policies without regard to race. The move ends policies that treated statistical disparities as civil rights violations and opens investigations into two school districts for alleged race-based discipline.
Education Week reported it asEducation Department Tells Schools Race Can’t Factor Into Student Discipline (opens Education Week in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 10 August 2026 to separate the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual shots and reduce the number of recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11. The order advises states with school vaccine mandates to consider updating their laws, though states retain authority over vaccination requirements.
Education Week reported it asTrump Signs Executive Order Calling for Spacing Out Childhood Vaccines (opens Education Week in a new tab)
The Trump administration is preparing an overhaul of Head Start that would remove federal quality standards for the preschool programme serving low-income children. Reports attribute the plan to anonymous sources and say it would allow states to set their own rules.
Education Week reported it asTrump Admin. Moves to Dismantle Head Start Quality Standards (opens Education Week in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
- Ad Fontes MediaveryHighCheck it
- Media Bias/Fact Checkhigh
Who owns it
- Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.Independentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
- Official site
- edweek.org
- Seen publishing on
- edweek.org
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 13
- Reports listed
- 13
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
12 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Education Week is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 13 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Education Week: its report arrived a median of 29 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 9 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 11 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Education Week, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Education Week publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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