District Administration K-12 education news and analysis

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Know This For Next Week: Most kids have hope

Matt Zalaznick - September 19, 2024

As you set the course for the next week and the rest of the school year, know this: Most kids—a whopping 95%—say they are hopeful about the future.

What is taking up other superintendents’ time? We have answers

Matt Zalaznick - September 18, 2024

State of the American student: Here are 2 big perspectives

Matt Zalaznick - September 18, 2024

ESSER is ending: Here’s how to do K12 budgeting differently

Micah Ward - September 17, 2024

Attendance boosts: How to drive achievement and engagement

Candice Castillo - September 17, 2024

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Edtech trends: What are state leaders focused on right now?

Matt Zalaznick - September 16, 2024

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Strategic planning: How to pivot after classes start

Dana Godek and Michael Moore - September 19, 2024

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Strategic planning: How to pivot after classes start

Dana Godek and Michael Moore - September 19, 2024

Superintendents on the move: Hiring is picking up with new school year

Matt Zalaznick - September 19, 2024

Edtech trends: What are state leaders focused on right now?

Matt Zalaznick - September 16, 2024

Best states for teachers: Why these are the top 3

Matt Zalaznick - September 16, 2024

DA 100 education influencers: John & Hank Green

DA Staff - September 16, 2024

Superintendents on the move: A few big hires in the last week

Matt Zalaznick - September 13, 2024

These 3 big issues continue to shape the superintendency

Matt Zalaznick - September 12, 2024

Deeper learning: How tech brought this Holocaust survivor to back life

Micah Ward - September 12, 2024

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Best states for teachers: Why these are the top 3

Matt Zalaznick - September 16, 2024

Superintendent turnover: New data show reasons for recent moves

Matt Zalaznick - September 10, 2024

Superintendents on the move: A few big hires in the last week

Matt Zalaznick - September 13, 2024

What is taking up other superintendents’ time? We have answers

Matt Zalaznick - September 18, 2024

ESSER is ending: Here’s how to do K12 budgeting differently

Micah Ward - September 17, 2024

These 3 big issues continue to shape the superintendency

Matt Zalaznick - September 12, 2024

K12 data: It’s this leader’s job to interpret it

Micah Ward - September 16, 2024

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Superintendents on the move: Retirements outpace new hires this week

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Meet NASSP’s 3 Principal of the Year finalists of 2025

Superintendents on the move: Hiring steadies as school year begins

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Gregory-Portland ISD leader wants her district to ‘wonder constantly’

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Superintendents on the move: 2 longtime leaders will retire

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National News

Exclusive: Watchdog finds Black girls face more frequent, severe discipline in school

NPR - September 20, 2024

EPISD superintendent opts out of pay raise ‘in solidarity’ with teachers, staff

ABC7 - September 19, 2024

Finnish students go back to school with books, not screens

VOA Learn English - September 18, 2024

Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy’s mugshot to social media

ABC News - September 17, 2024

Leadership Concerns

Strategic planning: How to pivot after classes start

Dana Godek and Michael Moore - September 19, 2024

What is taking up other superintendents’ time? We have answers

Matt Zalaznick - September 18, 2024

ESSER is ending: Here’s how to do K12 budgeting differently

Micah Ward - September 17, 2024

OP-ED

New cybersecurity technology is ideal for education

Don Boxley - September 17, 2024

How to support special education through technology and collaboration

Matthew X. Joseph and Stefanie Savo - September 12, 2024

5 reasons your tutoring program may fail this school year

Anthony Salcito - September 10, 2024

How to make complex and complicated decisions, with public participation

Quintin Shepherd - September 10, 2024

Web Seminars

Creating Learner Mobility Models for Students and Families in K-12 and Beyond

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How AI Is Bringing Practical Value to School Districts and Administrative Staff

3 Practical Strategies to Launch and Grow an Online Elementary Program

Unlocking Potential: How Two Districts’ Virtual Options are Redefining Student Opportunity and Education Choice

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