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Admin & Management

Is it time to rethink your school’s mission statement? Research says yes

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Just 12% of school mission statements refer to incorporating student-centered education, and 4% explicitly mention improving mental health for students, the data show.

This principal and a superintendent made historic gains this year. What’s next?

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As Curt Guaglianone of Mount Adams School District puts it, 2022-23 was "energizing, inspiring and refreshing." But now it's time to take lessons learned from the first "normal" school year since the pandemic and push them forward.

3 best practices in leadership from the nation’s top assistant principals

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"Assistant principals are uniquely positioned to effect meaningful change in schools, making them a critical piece of a successful school community,” said National Assn. of Elementary School Principals Executive Director L. Earl Franks after the NAESP named the 27 National Outstanding Assistant Principals of 2023.

‘Woke initiatives’: Why GOP leaders are attacking ESSER spending in schools

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House Republicans launch investigation into how districts used COVID relief funds on anti-bias training, environmental literacy, LGBTQ+ cultural competency, and other elements of what they call a "left-wing agenda."

Black and Latino superintendents seek the nation’s help on 2 education crises

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Student mental health and teacher shortages are major roadblocks to academic recovery that schools cannot overcome without support—and long-term funding—from the nation's leaders, a budding coalition of Black and Latino superintendents told District Administration as they marched toward the U.S. Capitol.

What are the most prominent issues discussed in school board meetings today?

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Burbio compiled data from more than 400 school board meeting summaries representing nearly one-fourth of the K12 population. The results may or may not surprise you.

Delivering bad news: 4 tips for having the difficult budget cut conversation

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Many superintendents and their teams are now facing the challenge of talking about layoffs, the elimination of programs and other spending shocks as the ESSER deadline approaches.

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

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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.

5 signs your district’s edtech tools aren’t the right fit

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Insufficient solutions will consume your district's budget and provide inadequate data to justify your spending, warns one expert. Fortunately, leaders can identify the warning signs early.

Open house: This district brings in teachers by helping them buy their homes

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Thanks to an anonymous donor, Holland Public Schools will offer 10 teachers $25,000 each year to help purchase a house within the district as long as they commit to teaching there for five years.

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