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Matt Zalaznick

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Matt Zalaznick is the managing editor of District Administration, covering K-12 public school leadership, teaching and learning, student achievement, education technology, and federal education policy. A journalist since 1996, Zalaznick has reported on politics, law enforcement, and breaking news for newspapers and websites across the U.S. Virgin Islands, the San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado, and the New York City suburbs. He holds a B.A. in English from Tufts University.
Admin & Management

Why rural Virginia districts are teaming up to launch virtual academy

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Radford City Schools lost a significant number for students to competing districts and private companies that offered virtual learning alternatives
Admin & Management

Many more states back trauma-informed care in schools

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The number of states that require or encourage schools to train teachers in trauma-informed care has tripled in recent years, a new study has found.
Health and wellness

Learning loss beats COVID as top school reopening concern

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More Americans say learning loss should outweigh COVID fears as more schools reopen, and research shows in-person learning poses a low transmission risk. 
Admin & Management

Stress tops reasons teachers quit. COVID has made matters worse.

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Teachers blamed stress nearly twice as often as salary as their reason for leaving the classroom, and went on to take jobs will equal of lower pay, a survey has found.
College & Career Readiness

How to pave computer science pathways in rural schools

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Computer science pathways are coming to some of California's most rural schools as part of a five-year research and innovation project educators hope to replicate in other small districts. 
Admin & Management

Early K-12 COVID responder wins superintendent of the year

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Michelle Reid of the Northshore School District, and one of the first K-12 leaders to grapple with COVID, is AASA's National Superintendent of the Year.
College & Career Readiness

How to shift the knowledge narrative around the SAT

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As the SAT's influence wanes, colleges and high schools could place more emphasis on students' performance in AP courses and on AP tests.
College & Career Readiness

Filling in all the pieces of SAT equity puzzle

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Eliminating the SATs and ACTs would have a marginal impact on making college access more equitable, one expert says.
Classroom Technology

Why a rural district’s ‘live teaching stations’ will outlast COVID

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At the outset of COVID, District Administrator Mark Weddig and his team decided online learning had to resemble live, in-person instruction as closely as possible.
Admin & Management

Superintendent: Kids will be OK but need support

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The COVID experience and the shift to online learning has shown Superintendent Jill Underly that students in her rural school district are pretty resilient.
Admin & Management

How a community helps a rural school cope with COVID

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Students have attended class in-person throughout 2020-21 in Wisconsin's Turtle Lake School District, a one-building, pre-K through 12 system with an enrollment of 170.
Admin & Management

Superintendent: Rural students on track but missing out

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COVID's impact has so far been more emotional than academic for students in southern Wisconsin's rural Parkview School District, Superintendent Steve Lutzke says.
Admin & Management

How 6 teacher prep programs will infuse equity

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Initiative designed to diversify the teaching profession with more diverse educators adds six minority-serving universities to its K-12 equity mission.
Admin & Management

How a rural superintendent balances COVID concerns

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For Superintendent Keith Perrigan, COVID has been about weighing the risk of having students in class against the risk of not having them in class at Bristol Virginia Public Schools. 
Admin & Management

How home visits help boost early literacy in Mississippi

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Having third grade readers reach proficiency is so vital to Superintendent Wayne Rodolfich that he visits hundreds of homes to offer additional literacy support.
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