The 2023 "State of the American Student" contains reports from district and other experts on new approaches that "center instruction and support on what students need most."
Two-thirds of teachers feel their base salary is inadequate, compared to 39% of U.S. working adults who say the same. A $17,000 raise would cover the pay gap between teachers and similarly college-educated professionals, RAND found.
In a historic hire, LaShakia Moore was named the first Black superintendent of Florida's Flagler County School District after two months of serving as the interim.
Paul Gausman, whom Lincoln Public Schools hired from Iowa's Sioux City Community Schools in 2022, filed a lawsuit claiming violations of open meetings laws.
"We need to address K12 cybersecurity issues at its foundation by ensuring schools and administrators have access to technology and software that is safe and secure right out of the box," CISA Director Jen Easterly in a statement.
Superintendents can be easy targets for local newsrooms. On the other hand, musicals, sports and high-achieving students can provide some pretty glowing school press coverage for district leaders.
With every decision feeling more divisive, technology evolving at hyperspeed, and the needs of school communities getting greater, leaders today have to adapt, innovate, and communicate in fundamentally different ways.
The annual initiative, spearheaded by Boston Public Schools' Re-Engagement Center, targeted two groups of students: those who were chronically absent last year, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days, and those who dropped out completely.
Ashley Bowling, the new principal of Florence Middle School in Alabama, has revamped her building's "opening ceremonies" with an eye toward making her students more comfortable with technology.
Is teacher turnover going to keep increasing over the next few years? Will there be enough college students graduating with education degrees to make up the difference?
