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Admin & Management

3 things other than quality hinder school food service. Here are the solutions

Matt Zalaznick -
Staff shortages, rising costs and family meal debt are the biggest challenges that school food service face, according to a survey that also finds the staff have confidence that healthy ingredients are being served.

Parent-school communication: Why families aren’t getting the help they need

Micah Ward -
"Families have high expectations for their child's educations and the interactions they have with their school," a new analysis reads. "And when it comes to communication teachers, staff and administrators, the expectations rise even higher."

Superintendents are stressed out. Here is the No. 1 reason

Matt Zalaznick -
Turnover has risen from around 14% to 17% since the beginning of the pandemic and neither test scores nor safety appear to be among the top five reasons for K12 leaders' growing anxiety.

These were district leaders’ top 4 edtech challenges last year. Do you agree?

Micah Ward -
"We in leadership need to think differently about what our users—educators, support staff, parents—need out of data," said Ryan Gravette, director of information and technology at the Idaho Digital Learning Acadamy in Idaho.

Here are 4 things you need to do to keep your security networks safe this summer

Micah Ward -
"Remember, threat actors do not take a summer break," says James Turgal, Optiv's vice president of cyber risk, strategy and board relations. "Security is a one-time event but a continuous and evolutionary practice."

Tech leadership in 2023-24: Funding and facilities are top priorities

Matt Zalaznick -
Here's one of the top messages for K12 tech leadership in 2023-24 that bears repeating: You really do have a role to play in every aspect of your district's operations. For example, the cafeteria refrigerators—and the infrastructure that surrounds them—may need your attention.

7 questions: Tomball ISD superintendent is raising CTE to a new level

Matt Zalaznick -
A groundbreaking CTE initiative torpedoed by COVID has turned into a big win—and a massive new innovation campus—for Tomball ISD outside Houston.

7 defining studies that shed light on K12’s current partisan divide

Micah Ward -
Since the height of the pandemic, the education sphere has only gotten more politicized as families gained a front row seat to their child's education during remote instruction. These seven surveys from the Pew Research Center offer a timeline of how this partisan divide transpired.

4 noteworthy superintendent hires, 1 surprising switch and a termination

Matt Zalaznick -
Superintendent hires are continuing at a rapid clip so far this summer, while one leader has made an unexpected career move and yet another's tenure came to an abrupt end.

Hot topic for the 2023-24 school year: Finding less scary ways to use AI

Matt Zalaznick -
Set aside the fears of cheating and uprising, many educators are deploying AI for professional development, administrative tasks and other more ordinary purposes.

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