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Matt Zalaznick

Matt Zalaznick is a life-long journalist. Prior to writing for District Administration he worked in daily news all over the country, from the NYC suburbs to the Rocky Mountains, Silicon Valley and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He's also in a band.
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One superintendent quits after just a month, another gets a huge raise

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Mike Swize has stepped down as superintendent less than a month after he was hired by the Perris Elementary School District in Southern California. But he was swiftly replaced.

Police in schools: Advocates detail 13 public safety alternatives

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Using police to enforce discipline often fails to address the underlying causes of a student's behavioral problems and may hinder the accommodations the child needs to succeed, the nonprofit Center for Policing Equity contends.

When does giving principals more autonomy actually improve student outcomes?

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Many superintendents believe building leaders know best what their students need. New research links school autonomy to improved student achievement—under the right conditions.

Virginia superintendents line up to defy new K12 transgender restrictions

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District leaders declare they will not follow their Republican governor's recently announced "Model Policies" on what bathrooms and pronouns transgender students can use.

What do superintendent evaluations look like as school board relations become testier?

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While about 90% of superintendents' contracts require an annual evaluation, less than half say their contracts specify what measures or indicators the school board will use to rate their performance, according to AASA's 2022-2023 State of the Superintendent survey.

How this superintendent is revving up his rural district’s grade-point average

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Elkins School District's grade-point average is on a tear. Over the last five years, the 1,400-student district has soared from 12th to second for GPA in its cooperative areas in northwest Arkansas.

Big hire in Carolina tops this week’s list of new superintendents

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The most notable hire over the last week saw Robert P. Taylor named the new superintendent of the Wake County Public School System, North Carolina's largest district.

How connecting with the community helps this district build schools

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Leaders at Seguin ISD have convinced voters to approve more than $200 million in construction bonds since 2019. Superintendent Matthew Gutierrez says making—and strengthening—connections with the community has been his Texas district's key to success at the ballot box in 2019, 2022 and 2023.

New low: Florida’s revised Black history standards consider ‘the benefits of slavery’

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Slavery was beneficial because the people enslaved acquired skills—that's something Florida's middle school students will learn under new African American history standards.

Why this superintendent tells his team to ‘get comfortable being uncomfortable’

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Enrollment at Fremont County School District #24 was down to around 320 students in 2013, 40 short of the benchmark that would provide more state funding to expand programming for students.

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