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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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Is former Dallas superintendent on the way to leading Houston ISD takeover?

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Mike Miles, the leader of Dallas ISD from 2012-2015, may be waiting in the wings to become superintendent in Texas' takeover of Houston ISD, the latter city's mayor claims.

Sexist comments sink one superintendent during a week of high-profile hires

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Jerry Gibson is stepping down at Galveston ISD after calling women 'the worker bees'; meanwhile, several big districts have chosen their next superintendents.

ESSER endgame: What 7 districts plan to fund and what leaders might cut

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Leaders are determined to extend academic recovery, but they're also preparing to cut new staff that has been hired to beef up instruction and scrambling to find the funding to sustain effective programs.

Stricter discipline may be returning to schools after abandonment of zero tolerance

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Research has found that stricter discipline policies disproportionately harm students of color but a rise in violence and other behavioral problems is fueling a return to move punitive punishments.

Many teachers no longer feel safe. Here’s what they want from their district leaders

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A survey of Denver's teachers found that smaller class sizes and expanded mental health services were preferred solutions over SROs and metal detectors. But teachers elsewhere want more police in their schools.

Districts are using up their ESSER funds. Now comes the hard part

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Districts are now spending ESSER money at a rate of $5 billion a month, a pace that will exhaust the funds by the 2024 deadline, according to the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University.

Some big K12 supporters are taking a hard look at public charters

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Superintendents take heed: Even liberal voters—particularly Black and Latino parents—are open to exploring alternatives to traditional K12 education in communities across the country.

Leaders who are taming out-of-control absenteeism are focused on 3 areas

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Chronic absenteeism spiked at 10 million students in 2020-21—that means more than one in every five students in the nation missed at least 10% of the school year.

After School Satan Clubs gain popularity amid legal victories

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The clubs, associated with the Satanic Temple and offered only in primary schools, began at the beginning of 2020 and quickly gained attention from parents who wanted an alternative to religious clubs, organizers say.

Are 4-day school weeks worth attracting teachers if learning suffers?

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The 4-day school week, seen as a powerful recruitment tool, could cause as much learning loss as the pandemic but over a protracted period of time, according to a new Rand Corporation analysis.

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