Admin & Management

Are principal salaries keeping up with COVID’s challenges? Some say no

While steady increases appear to be keeping up with the cost of living, heavier workloads may be throwing salaries out of balance.

No feelings in math: How Florida is defending its rejection of textbooks

Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration are not offering specifics beyond SEL and critical race theory to explain why textbooks violated Florida's K-12 standards.

SEL and CRT in math? Why one state just rejected 50 textbooks

Math is one subject that has so far escaped the controversy that political leaders have created over critical race theory and social-emotional learning. Not anymore.

How schools are targeting safety more precisely during the latest COVID wave

School leaders are not rushing to impose districtwide mask mandates or close schools to combat the omicron-driven resurgence of COVID.

How school leaders can better predict which principals are going to leave

The challenges of COVID may not only lead to increased principal turnover. They may also have soured some educators on the idea of moving up the K-12 ladder.

The new teaching assistant: ESM can retain educators and resolve bottlenecks in schools

Building on ITSM and ITAM, enterprise service management has assumed a broader and increasingly essential role in education that will last long after the pandemic ends.

More activist parents aren’t going away. Here’s how to work with them.

What K-12 leaders need to know about a new generation of parents promoting both conservative and liberal causes.

Requiring daily moments of silence in schools is gaining wider support

Schools in Arizona must now let students take a one- to two-minute moment of silence at the beginning of each school day. Whether they meditate, pray, or run through test questions in their head is up to them.

‘Don’t Say Gay’ is inspiring even stricter limits on LGBTQ topics in schools

Even stricter measures have surfaced, including a Louisiana bill that would prevent educators from discussing sexual orientation through eighth grade, and a Tennesse proposal to bar instructional materials that "normalize" LGTBQ lifestyles.

75% of ESSER dollars are unspent and deadlines are approaching

ESSER funds offer schools a unique opportunity to both respond to the pandemic and tackle the backlog of deferred maintenance.

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