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.

Kansas educators look ahead with school redesign

Kansas educators were working on a school redesign project focused on personalized learning, soft skills and community partnerships when the coronavirus closed schools.

Districts deliver meals and ed tech as states shut schools for 2019-2020

Coronavirus has district leaders quickly devising ways to provide school meals, ed tech and remote learning as entire states begin to order schools to shut buildings for the rest of the 2019-2020 year. 

How a big district shifts to competency-based education

Leaders at Mesa Public Schools recognized that, though they had a high performing system, traditional school models were not preparing all students for the future.

Competency-based learning: Why it’s not all about the answers

Competency-based educators in New Hampshire's Sanborn Regional School District constantly develop new performance tasks that allow students to show mastery.

Coronavirus fears force schools to plan to move online

Moving classes online is one contingency school district leaders are planning for should any potential coronavirus outbreaks begin disrupting life in the U.S.

Why you should consider rebranding your schools

Refreshed mission and vision statements and school logos allow district leaders to tell a more relevant story to their communities.

Daniel Pink’s FETC keynote urges schools to rethink schedules

Traditional school schedules fail to take advantage of the natural, daily cycle of a student's cognitive abilities, which are analytical earlier in the day, fall into a trough around noon, and become more creative later.

Why trauma-informed teaching relies on trust

Students have a greater chance of coping with traumatic childhood experiences and succeeding in class when they can turn to a trusted adult at school.

How solving real-world PBL problems energizes students

Flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey inspired Klein ISD students to take on a PBL initiative to reduce the severity of similar disasters in the future.

How HBCUs can help African American K-12 students

K-12 leaders should look to historically black colleges and universities to adopt strategies to promote the success of African American students, a new United Negro College Fund report says.

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