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School districts around the country are experimenting with starting classes later to allow students to get extra sleep. While some dismiss the idea as pampering, Nathaniel F. Watson says there are solid scientific reasons to consider it. Lack of sleep hampers a student's preparedness to learn, negatively impacts physical and mental health, and impairs driving.

Cognitive scientists showed us that emotion is not the opposite of reason; it's essential to reason. Emotions tell you what to pay attention to, care about and remember. Those early neuroscience breakthroughs remind us that a key job of a school is to give students new things to love—an exciting field of study, new friends. It reminds us that what teachers really teach is themselves with their contagious passion for their subjects and students.

Most K12 leaders are familiar with using data to plan and target instruction more effectively. But they might not be aware of the many ways that tracking and analyzing employees' time and attendance data can reveal key trends and insights as well. Click for tips on making smarter decisions for your school.

Deputy Superintendent C. Todd Cummings has been promoted to be the Indiana district's new superintendent. He will replace Kenneth Spells when he leaves at the end of the school year.

Peter Hannigan, currently assistant superintendent for human resources at Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54, will be the next superintendent in Hawthorn Elementary District 73. The district in 2018-19 has been led by two interim superintendents after former Superintendent Nick Brown took a position in Indiana.

Lee County Public Schools is asking a circuit court judge to order the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services to allow the system's superintendent to become a special conservator of the peace, a designation county officials believe would permit him to carry a gun on school property. The school system filed the lawsuit challenging the state's decision to bar the system's employees from carrying firearms.

More than 75 percent of all high school officials say "adult behavior" is the primary reason they quit. And 80 percent of all young officials hang up their stripes after just two years of whistle blowing. Why? Parents are verbally criticizing game officials or coaches. The shortage of licensed high school officials is now severe enough in some areas that athletic events are being postponed or cancelled.