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Student safety

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.

Latest PTA survey reveals how parents are feeling after the 2022-23 school year

Matt Zalaznick -
In an era when the phrase "parents' rights" blurs many K12 lines, superintendents and their teams can gather insights from the National PTA's polling of the less vocal majority.

Your students’ parents may have conflicting views on K12 LGBTQ policies

Matt Zalaznick -
When it comes to K12 LGBTQ policies in schools, parents and other adults prefer classroom discussions about the LGBTQ community to using students' preferred pronouns.

Why this superintendent sees vouchers as a transformative opportunity

Matt Zalaznick -
Superintendent Kurt Browning, the longtime leader of Florida's Pasco County Schools, calls himself a "champion of choice," having launched several magnet programs and expanded advanced curriculum offerings.

Superintendents should know the 4 reasons students give school a B-

Matt Zalaznick -
Older students give their schools high marks for safety and respecting individual differences but the overall grade falls to a B- where several other aspects of education are concerned.

Coalition of principals to Congress: ‘Here’s how to help prevent school shootings’

Matt Zalaznick -
The Principal Recovery Network of building leaders who have experienced school shootings is pressing for several billion dollars worth of mental health and safety support for staff and students.

AI has forced its way into education. Does it have a place in school security?

Micah Ward -
Traditional methods of school security pose several risks for school systems, including the time it takes to adequately screen students as well as alerting staff to non-threatening objects. AI, on the other hand, aims to make this process as seamless as possible.

These 5 superintendents say time has come for social media ‘guardrails’

Matt Zalaznick -
Outside of education, policymakers and children's advocates are ready to putt age limits on social media use. Inside K12, educators are blaming social media for the worsening teen mental health crisis.

This is how many teachers would carry a gun to make their school safer

Matt Zalaznick -
Teachers remain divided over arming themselves at work, with more than half saying carrying a gun would make their school less safe, according to a new survey by the RAND Corporation.

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