Mike Swize has stepped down as superintendent less than a month after he was hired by the Perris Elementary School District in Southern California. But he was swiftly replaced.
The Michigan Department of Education already recruits and certifies more than 1,000 educators a year from other states, said State Superintendent Michael Rice, but this will allow the teachers to integrate into classrooms more quickly. It will "benefit districts across the state and particularly those in communities close to other states," he said.
AI can greatly help educators—be they in the classroom or central office—to engage students on a more personalized level, ensure equal access to quality learning resources and ease the workload
Even before the pandemic, he believes Georgia was already in a pretty good spot in terms of leveraging innovative technologies in the classroom, says Keith Osburn, deputy superintendent for technology services and chief information officer for the Georgia Department of Education. So by March 2020, teachers and administrators already had a variety of tools in their wheelhouse.
In the wake of high-profile ransomware attacks against some of the largest school districts in the country, administrators are uncovering student and staff data on the dark web months later regardless of whether ransom was paid or not.
While about 90% of superintendents' contracts require an annual evaluation, less than half say their contracts specify what measures or indicators the school board will use to rate their performance, according to AASA's 2022-2023 State of the Superintendent survey.
District leaders declare they will not follow their Republican governor's recently announced "Model Policies" on what bathrooms and pronouns transgender students can use.
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Elkins School District's grade-point average is on a tear. Over the last five years, the 1,400-student district has soared from 12th to second for GPA in its cooperative areas in northwest Arkansas.
