It is owned by Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), a nonprofit organization, and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

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.”[1] In 1966, EPE established the Chronicle of Higher Education.

[5] Cofounders, Ronald Wolk and Martha Matzke, wanted Education Week to be a version of the Chronicle, but focused on kindergarten through 12th grade.

[1] Wolk was Education Week’s first publisher and editor in chief.