Admin & Management

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

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

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.

2 incoming superintendents make quick exits after school board clashes

Newly hired Vito Perrone's follow-up email contained an alleged "microaggression" that offended his new bosses on the Easthampton Public Schools board, which rescinded his appointment.

100 Superintendent March: Black and Latino leaders raise their voices in Congress

District Administration senior writer Matt Zalaznick was there as the superintendents, who represented 21 states, beseeched leaders to provide more financial and political support for mental health services, teacher preparation and retention, and English learners.

3 reasons the superintendency—and the pipeline—are shrinking

"Our focus turned from educational leader to a position of protector of public education," says Dave Wick, superintendent of Columbia Falls School District 6 and president of the Montana Association of School Superintendents.

Tennessee parents voiced concern over school safety before Nashville shooting

According to a poll released earlier this month, parents value school resource officers more than anything. In contrast, few believe arming teachers is a viable option.

State takeovers are traumatic. Do they actually turn schools around?

The ultimate goals of these often traumatic takeovers are, of course, to improve student achievement and achieve financial stability but, when it comes to the former, a growing body of research finds little evidence of success.

Why district leaders are angry and concerned after Nashville school shooting

"It's just next to impossible to stop someone," George Grant, a leader with the Nashville Presbytery connected to The Covenant School, told AP News regarding intruders wielding high-powered assault rifles.

Will new student voucher law ‘bankrupt’ Florida public schools?

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new law would provide each student with an estimated $8,700 voucher. Experts wonder where the money to support this initiative will come from.

Was the Los Angeles schools strike legal? Complaints allege it was not

"This is yet another attempt by LAUSD to silence the voices of workers," said a spokesperson for Local 99. "The three-day strike proved that workers will not be stopped in their demands for respect."

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