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Teacher shortage: More colleges are now helping to solve the K-12 crisis

Chris Burt -
University leaders trying to build back the pipeline of educators say changes to systems and support are needed.

Surprise! One company dominates the top 40 tech tools schools are using

Matt Zalaznick -
The average K-12 student accessed 74 different ed-tech tools in the first half of the 2021-22 school year while the average teacher used 86, according to LearnPlatform.

How are school leaders responding as COVID rises again in some districts?

Matt Zalaznick -
Neither mask mandates nor other precautions are returning to schools that are dealing with increasing new COVID cases in recent weeks.

$500 million worth of help coming for cleaner schools and buses

Matt Zalaznick -
Building Better School Infrastructure grants will support energy- and cost-saving redesigns and help districts transition to electric school buses.

7 new ways to stem a rash of new school attendance problems

Matt Zalaznick -
Transportation challenges, student health, school climate, mobility and poverty—long the leading causes of chronic absenteeism—also became much more severe during the pandemic.

Why free lunch may no longer be the best way to measure student need

Matt Zalaznick -
Free- and reduced-price lunch, used for decades to set school funding levels and track other accountability measures, no longer serves as an accurate proxy for student poverty, researchers say.

Biden’s 2023 budget includes $11.9 billion boost for education

Charles Hendrix -
President's budget request includes $1 billion in funding for school counselors and mental health professionals. The administration proposed similar funding in 2022 but it was cut from the final spending package.

Mask tracker: Last batch of K-12 mandates have come to an end

Matt Zalaznick -
States that had mask mandates in place the longest are now lifting the requirement as districts across the country look to find a new normal.

More evidence that confidence in K-12 schools is slipping, this time over race

Matt Zalaznick -
A growing lack of confidence in K-12 principals—mainly among Republican voters—may only be the tip of the iceberg as yet more evidence of wider dissatisfaction with U.S. schools emerged Wednesday.

ESSER ideas: What would you do with $1 million? a leader asks principals

Matt Zalaznick -
More engaging summer school programs and the return of field trips were two key initiatives that emerged as Bibb County Schools decided how to spend the latest round of COVID relief funds.

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