In Pennsylvania, superintendent attrition rates reached 16.8% during the 2022-23 school year, a number last reported in 2016-17

While schools in the Pittsburgh region have different reasons for considering consolidation, a windfall of school closures could hit districts across the country in coming years.

Last year, superintendent attrition rates reached 16.8%, a number last reported during the 2016-17 academic year, according to a report released last week. That means that roughly one in every five superintendents have left their positions.

Debates over standardized tests have roiled education discussions for years. But in that time little has been done to alter the system.

A North Carolina pastor read a portion of the book All Boys Aren’t Blue to dozens of people protesting books at an October Pine-Richland School Board meeting. But despite the anger and frustration expressed that night, “All Boys Aren’t Blue” was never checked out of the high school library by students during the past five years.