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Extra workload? 3 tips to help teachers implement Texas HB 1416

Matt Arend and Chase Vaughn -
The new law requires schools to provide accelerated instruction to students who didn’t pass or didn’t take the state assessment, the STARR. In Texas districts, this is having the unintended effect of adding to teachers’ workload

K12 social media crackdown: Bill threatens to cut off E-Rate funding

Matt Zalaznick -
"Eyes on the Board Act," which singles out TikTok and Instagram, would require schools and districts that receive federal broadband funding to prohibit students from accessing any and all social media apps on "subsidized services, devices, and networks."

LGBTQ+ inclusivity: How K12 leaders can find common ground for all students

Collins Saint -
Running a school or district with simultaneously very liberal and very conservative viewpoints on LGBTQ+ identities can seem like an impossible task.

How K12 leaders can lobby states to support students beyond ESSER deadline

Qubilah Huddleston and Ventura Rodriguez -
District and state officials can find ways to sustain the funding that has effectively supported students of color and students from low-income backgrounds for the past three years.

Strategic plans: 5 topics that have risen to the top of the priority list

Matt Zalaznick -
Do you know which K12 topics are becoming more important in your colleagues' strategic plans? Mental health and academic and behavioral interventions are among the top issues in 2023.

Why national award reaffirms a K6 principal’s ‘profound sense of responsibility’

Matt Zalaznick -
Being named a National Distinguished Principal reinforces Angie Krause's commitment to upholding high leadership standards and inspiring the teachers and students at Kansas' Community Elementary School.

Will K12 districts even notice if the government shuts down?

Matt Zalaznick -
“A shutdown is ineffective and costly, the consequences of which play out on Main Street, not Capitol Hill, as workers go without pay, families go without childcare, poor families lose support for housing and food, and schools feel the squeeze," says David R. Schuler, executive director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association.

Do you know where students have the shortest school day?

Matt Zalaznick -
Students in other states may not have as long a school day as yours do. On the other hand, they may be getting even more instructional time, according to a new analysis.

How one state is taking on the ‘forced outing’ of transgender students

Matt Zalaznick -
Chino Valley Unified School District requires schools to notify parents if a child asks to use a name or pronoun that's different from what's on their birth certificate or official records. The state's attorney general, Rob Bonta, is suing the southern California district, saying the mandates violate the privacy and civil rights of LGBTQ+ students.

How this Iowa district deployed AI to ban 19 books from its libraries

Matt Zalaznick -
Mason City Community Schools removed the books from grade 7-12 libraries, with an administrator saying that the size of its collection was too large for staff to read every title.

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