Many superintendents and their teams are now facing the challenge of talking about layoffs, the elimination of programs and other spending shocks as the ESSER deadline approaches.
Even with all 225 students, most staff members and a handful of parents inside, the Nellie Stone Johnson Community School's gymnasium was far from packed during a recent assembly. Yet the space buzzed with the kids' excited whispers.
Leaders must be all-in on reading—whether that's integrating reading activities into core subjects like mathematics and science or promoting school—or even district-wide reading challenges and events.
Thanks to an anonymous donor, Holland Public Schools will offer 10 teachers $25,000 each year to help purchase a house within the district as long as they commit to teaching there for five years.
District Administration senior writer Matt Zalaznick was there as the superintendents, who represented 21 states, beseeched leaders to provide more financial and political support for mental health services, teacher preparation and retention, and English learners.
Fake threats of violence were made to several school districts in New York on Thursday morning, causing emergency responses from law enforcement and adding to a disturbing trend happening across the nation.
The ultimate goals of these often traumatic takeovers are, of course, to improve student achievement and achieve financial stability but, when it comes to the former, a growing body of research finds little evidence of success.
Last November, school officials found a Black doll hanging from a noose tied to a tree in the main quad of campus. The school is working with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office to identify who hung the doll via security camera footage.
"It's just next to impossible to stop someone," George Grant, a leader with the Nashville Presbytery connected to The Covenant School, told AP News regarding intruders wielding high-powered assault rifles.
