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School-within-a-school uses PBL to help students make a big move

Matt Zalaznick -
Orchard View Middle School's project-driven, small group learning experiment aims to make students' transitions from elementary to middle school more seamless and academically engaging.

Latest school closures force leaders everywhere to make tough choices

Matt Zalaznick -
Buildings are being shut down as district leaders and communities grapple with declining enrollment, aging buildings, the end of ESSER and other fiscal pressures.

Tech predictions: AI dominates and the spending spree winds down

Matt Zalaznick -
K12 leaders will zero in on the hardware and software that moves the needle on achievement and other priorities while artificial intelligence sucks up most of the edtech oxygen.

Not all state education funding is easy to track down. Help is here

Matt Zalaznick -
Targeted grants and other special sources of state education funding don't typically fall right into administrators' laps—or, perhaps we should say, their annual spending plans.

8 promising solutions to the outsize impacts of student discipline

Matt Zalaznick -
Black boys and girls and students with disabilities continue to be suspended and expelled at rates that remain higher than their shares of total K12 enrollment, the latest data shows.

New elementary and middle school rankings take a deeper look at test scores

Matt Zalaznick -
New rankings of the nation's best elementary and middle schools consider demographics and other factors within individual states.

ESSER drop: New calculations aim to measure the fiscal cliff

Matt Zalaznick -
Superintendents may need to add the phrase "ESSER exposure" to their list of things not to look forward to as the COVID relief expiration date approaches.

‘Tis the season to reflect on better budgeting

Dana Godek and Michael Moore -
Here are 5 tested actions for superintendents, cabinet members and board members to consider as they assess what has worked in the immediate past and what needs to be adjusted.

Districts are using teacher retention grants to staff up

Matt Zalaznick -
Teacher retention grants and other forms of recruitment assistance are available from state and federal agencies and a wide range of other sources. Here's how K12 leaders are deploying the funds.

Dwindling districts? Why leaders are now closing dozens of schools

Matt Zalaznick -
San Antonio ISD in Texas is on the verge of closing 15% of its schools. Jackson Public Schools in Mississippi may shutter a dozen buildings. Grand Rapids Public Schools in Michigan is considering 10 closures.

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