Districts have been installing laundry facilities at schools in low-income neighborhoods, giving students one less reason to miss class. Many at-risk students from low-income homes often do not have regular access to clean clothes, drawing unwanted attention and ridicule from classmates. As a result, they skip school. In 2016, David A. Weir Preparatory Academy—a Title […]

Colorado State University-Global Campus partnered with Aurora Public Schools to build a headquarters for the fully online university on district land. The university will leverage lease payments to make college possible for more Denver-area students. Leaders at Colorado State University-Global Campus, in searching for a new headquarters, found a way to leverage their lease payments to make college possible for more […]

Bartow County School System recently relocated Adairsville Elementary (60,000 square feet) to a 114,000-square-foot building to accommodate rising enrollment. The new facility stands two blocks away in the plot of the old Adairsville Middle/High School that the system demolished years ago. CHALLENGE: The district initially planned to salvage the old school's athletic track for community […]

The Every Student Succeeds Act provides states and districts with increased autonomy to create accountability systems and improvement plans. In light of the opportunities created by ESSA, how can administrators use new test scores to engage stakeholders in the planning and improvement process? What broader measures of student success are districts using to determine school […]