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How to foster impactful partnerships with your paraeducators

Collaboration between classroom educators and paraeducators plays a pivotal role in meeting students' diverse needs.

Decision education: Here is one way to launch careers

Decision education teaches students to break down complex challenges, critically evaluate information and weigh options.

Here is how to help teachers tackle the fear of AI in K12

Now is the time to equip teachers with the tools they need to feel empowered to use AI and teach alongside it.

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Superintendent Jeni Gotto is all in on competency-based education

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

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.

See which experienced K12 leaders are on the move

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.

How K12 can enter a promising new age of leadhership

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

Gonsoulin is superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in Alabama, the state's second-largest district, and previously led Fairfield City Schools.

How this Superintendent of the Year inspires inclusivity

St. Cloud Area School District Superintendent Laurie Putnam relies on her exceptional team to focus on one of the district’s primary commitments: to create a culture of belonging.
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New York moves toward statewide cellphone ban in schools

The governor and lawmakers are nearing an agreement on a full-day smartphone ban known as “bell to bell,” a move supported by 62 percent of voters, according to a recent Siena poll.

Indiana kids, farmers lose funding as USDA suspends farm to school grants for 2025

Another federal program meant to help deliver local fresh produce to students is being delayed after funding for this year’s Farm to School grants was suspended.

Ohio Gov. DeWine signs higher ed bill regulating classroom discussion and banning diversity efforts

S.B. 1 will set rules around classroom discussion, create post-tenure reviews, put diversity scholarships at risk, create a retrenchment provision that block unions from negotiating on tenure, shorten university board of trustees terms from nine years down to six years, and require students take an American history course, among other things.

Why does Colorado have the shortest school year of any state?

Data from the Pew Research Center shows that Colorado has the shortest school year of any U.S. state, just 160 days. It seemed like Colorado children were receiving about a month less classroom time than their peers elsewhere in the country.
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