Matt Zalaznick

Matt Zalaznick is the managing editor of District Administration and 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.

Schools overcoming homeless hurdles

A homeless student in Delaware last year spent about three hours a day riding back and forth to school in taxi cabsÁ‘at a cost...

Community colleges offer a ‘human bridge’ to higher ed

Under a statewide program first funded in 2013, Vermont students can leave public high schools before their senior year to enroll full-time in college. They...

How schools are tackling truancy

District leaders across the country are broadening and personalizing their approaches to attendance because the old way of sending truants and their families to...

Do teacher prep programs lack rigor?

A National Council onTeacherQuality report citing a lack of rigor and grade inflation in teacher preparation courses is being disputed by the organization that...