Since 2015, Superintendent Kathy Murphy has worked on several fronts—from school boundaries to AP enrollment to discipline—to convince a federal judge to a decades-old desegregation order on Hoover City Schools.
Education experts are reimagining the PLC concept to move beyond the school building and into the globally connected world of social media and other interactive online platforms.
McKinney ISD leaders decided to use the Marzano High Reliability Schools™ (HRS) framework, which shows how best practices work together without adding new initiatives.
Schoolwide music instruction is having a big impact in raising test scores as K-12 leaders make the case for more robust programs in lower-income districts.
Trauma-informed practices can guide educators in creating safe environments, adjusting harmful disciplinary policies and helping students become more resilient.
Principal Varissa Richardson conducts conflict resolution and focuses on inclusiveness in Tennessee (pictured, far left); Principal Ashlee Bruggenschmidt promotes safety with ARV-riding robot in Indiana (top); and Superintendent Kevin Blankenship takes on dual-district role in Illinois.
San Gabriel USD's Music Immersion Experience—the 2019 Districts of Distinction grand prize honoree—teaches every first-grader the violin, and test scores are improving.
The key to the effectiveness of any ed tech tool, including robots for children with autism, lies in whether students transfer the skills they've learned from schoolwork into their daily lives.
Lots of attention is paid to protecting students on school grounds but ensuring their safety while being transported to and from school is just as essential.
