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Glass half-full? A new way to look at gratitude

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Why a shift from focusing on the contents of the glass to appreciating the glass itself is more than wordplay.
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How to build more transparent and accessible career pathways

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Students are graduating without a clear understanding of their career options. Digital tools can guide them toward successful futures.
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Why district leaders are struggling to provide AI training

Micah Ward -
Leaders are taking a do-it-yourself, hands-on approach to AI training. The first step getting teachers comfortable with the technology.
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Introducing 2025’s NASSP Assistant Principals of the Year

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Two assistant principals have earned one of the highest honors education leadership has to offer. Meet 2025's NASSP Assistant Principals of the Year.

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NOLA is the latest big district to pick new leader

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Mike Dominguez takes the helm at Missouri's Francis Howell School District while Jami Jo Thompson is named the next superintendent of Rapid City Area Schools.

Jamil Maroun: How this superintendent inspires new leaders

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New Jersey K12 leader says he is just as eager to motivate staff as he is students. It's the "best form of leadership," he says.

Superintendent Jeni Gotto is all in on competency-based education

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Superintendent Jeni Gotto and Westminster Public Schools are so accomplished at competency-based education that she has literally written the book on it.

Tony Watlington plans to reach new heights in Philadelphia

Matt Zalaznick -
Superintendent Tony Watlington, District Administration's 2025 Superintendent of the Year, is determined to make The School District of Philadelphia the fastest-improving large urban system in the U.S.

How K12 can enter a promising new age of leadhership

Micah Ward -
Two women share their journeys to the superintendency and the roadblocks aspiring female leaders should expect—and how to overcome them.

Walter B. Gonsoulin Jr. named AASA’s Superintendent of the Year

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Gonsoulin is superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in Alabama, the state's second-largest district, and previously led Fairfield City Schools.
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Kansas City students interviewed each other about mental health. Here’s what they learned

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A group of students at Guadalupe Centers High School in Kansas City spoke with their friends and teachers about the toll the pandemic took on their mental health, and how those issues persist.

Sleep training is no longer just for babies. Some schools are teaching teens how to sleep

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Mansfield City Schools, a district of 3,000 students in north-central Ohio, is staging what it calls “a sleep intervention,” hoping to improve academic success and reduce chronic absences, when a student misses more than 10% of the school year.

DOJ files lawsuit against Maine claiming the state violated Title IX by “by failing to protect women in women’s sports”

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The Justice Department is suing Maine, alleging the state violated Title IX by allowing transgender girls to compete in girls' sports, which it says discriminates against female athletes. The lawsuit follows a Trump administration executive order and escalating tensions with Gov. Janet Mills, who vowed to fight the mandate in court.

Students sue U.S. Defense Department schools for book removals

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The lawsuit argues that students' First Amendment rights were harmed by what the ACLU called the "censorship of materials about race and gender in military-run schools." The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech.
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