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One more Texas takeover: State seizing control of special ed in Austin ISD

Matt Zalaznick -
Texas Education Agency officials said in a 31-page report that Austin ISD failed to follow a state-imposed improvement plan that found the district did not evaluate students in need of special education or provide services to those students.

State takeovers are traumatic. Do they actually turn schools around?

Matt Zalaznick -
The ultimate goals of these often traumatic takeovers are, of course, to improve student achievement and achieve financial stability but, when it comes to the former, a growing body of research finds little evidence of success.

Prying parents or informed citizens? Why schools are neck-deep in public records requests

Micah Ward -
Schools are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless hours of staff labor to process these requests from parents who are cracking down on discussions they deem inappropriate in a classroom environment.

Teachers leaving K12 for the FBI and bartending? It’s not the whole staff shortage story

Matt Zalaznick -
Here's the narrative: Burned-out teachers are bolting the profession for more satisfying and lucrative jobs in the private sector. But research in one state may reveal an arguably more concerning outcome.

‘Decreased funding, increased need’: What all districts must do now to prepare

Micah Ward -
"With federal discretionary spending at its lowest levels since 1989, cuts in federal aid pressure state and local governments to fill the gap," according to a new analysis by HeyTutor.

Florida just passed the largest expansion of school choice in K12 history

Matt Zalaznick -
Florida school choice programs are now open to all students after Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislation that eliminates financial eligibility restrictions and an enrollment cap. 

Emergency teaching licenses are easing the exodus, but what are the risks?

Matt Zalaznick -
Even during a nationwide shortage, some in and around K12 worry about the impact that the explosion of emergency licenses is having on institutional quality and student achievement.

Fresh leadership: New superintendents step up in more than a dozen districts

Matt Zalaznick -
It has been a tough time for superintendents but a recent wave of new hires could bring back some energy to an education system facing a range of challenges.

Here is how big the global edtech market will grow by 2030

Matt Zalaznick -
The size of the global edtech market will approach $1 trillion by the end of this decade, driven by artificial intelligence, virtual reality and ever-expanding connectivity, bandwidth and speed.

Most school apps are tracking students. The question is: How closely?

Matt Zalaznick -
Nearly all the edtech apps students most often use at school "are making extensive use of tracking technologies," though what type of data is at risk is not entirely clear, according to a new analysis.

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