Just as innovation schools have reinvented K12 for underserved students, they are shaking up how underappreciated teachers are hired, trained and supported.
Reading, understanding and synthesizing written texts is a core skill set that helps students acquire knowledge, think critically and excel in their studies.
For the first time, Orchard View Schools placed administrators who were new to the district and building leadership at the helm of one of its most critical and foundational schools.
In this environment, each district must focus on the processes and tools they control. At the top of the list: a data system to gather assessment results, grades, attendance, behavior and progress monitoring.
Standardized test scores are an outdated metric for measuring school performance. Instead, schools should be measured based on the balancing of five important factors.
Budgets are shrinking, costs are rising and leaders are under pressure to do more with less. For some districts, rethinking leadership and cabinet roles may be part of the solution.
One-to-one computing initiatives have been rolling out long enough for school leaders to realize that cost includes not just the purchase price but also support and maintenance
Mike Dominguez takes the helm at Missouri's Francis Howell School District while Jami Jo Thompson is named the next superintendent of Rapid City Area Schools.
