Matt Zalaznick

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.

Social media monitoring raises thorny legal questions

Laws in different states provide varied leeway when it comes to monitoring students' public and private social media activity. Under an Illinois law that was...

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...