Six months after the Neenah Joint School District's proposed property tax increase referendum failed, Superintendent Mary Pfeiffer went back to the public with "a better plan."

There are steps underresourced district leaders can take–and steps they can urge local officials to take–to get the needed HVAC improvements made.

The stats contributing to teacher shortages are glaring: the average teacher salary is so low in 38 states that even some mid-career educators qualify for government benefits based on income.

The fact that more women have reached the to post in recent years does not tell the whole story as "we are still grossly underrepresented in this role," says one superintendent.