Can social media—a source of much consternation in K12 these days—play a crucial role in whether the states your districts call home remain among the best (or worst) for educators? Superintendents and their teams should consider leveraging Instagram, X and other platforms to connect teaching recruits with more experienced educators who can share reasons to come work in the district, advises Ramon Goings, an associate professor in the Language Literacy & Culture Doctoral Program at the University of Maryland.

This new report serves as a reality check to social media companies that need to make "fundamental changes" to their platforms so that students' and educators' lives may be improved as a result.

The most notable hire over the last week saw Robert P. Taylor named the new superintendent of the Wake County Public School System, North Carolina's largest district.

New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut rank among the best states for students with regard to postsecondary education and employment. But which states could use improvement?