It’s the struggle most public school administrators across the U.S. fight every day: teacher absenteeism. The National Center for Education Statistics data shows that chronic teacher absenteeism—defined as missing 10% or more of school days—increased by as much as 49% during the 2021-22 school year. In addition to short-term absences, long-term vacancies continue to grow […]
San Antonio ISD in Texas is on the verge of closing 15% of its schools. Jackson Public Schools in Mississippi may shutter a dozen buildings. Grand Rapids Public Schools in Michigan is considering 10 closures.
Faced with declining enrollment and a $104.4 million deficit, Seattle Public Schools administrators will roll out a fiscal stabilization plan that could pave the way for school closures and consolidations.
While CFOs and federal programs directors have done a good job guiding districts through the last three years of budget tailoring, now it's time for superintendents, cabinet members and board members to take a longer-term, strategic approach to ensure that only the most effective strategies—those with the strongest (LOI)—are retained as resiliency is drained from the system.
Nearly 70% of Indiana’s 286 traditional public school corporations saw the number of students enrolled decline from 2006-2022, according to one of the IU studies.
Statewide, enrollment has rebounded from declines during the pandemic, but there are 9,100 fewer students compared to 10 years ago. National figures show birth rates have been declining, so the drop isn’t entirely unexpected.
