"Leading for equity and access" is the first of eight key actions K-12 education leaders can take to make their school systems more culturally responsive.
Social-emotional learning online brings virtual wellness blocks and community-building sessions to students in Maryland's Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
The U.S. was not as well-equipped for the massive COVID shift to online learning, with families paying more for internet service and fewer owning home computers.
Non-classroom duties, such as after-school supervision or other activities teachers haven't volunteered for, are among the leading causes of low K-12 morale.
Some administrators keep tabs on the entire community's social-emotional wellbeing by having their staffs reach out regularly to students and their families via "empathy interviews."
Leading education research organizations announce major focus on systemic racism on the day after President Donald Trump calls for a more patriotic curriculum.
It may seem counterintuitive, but COVID has so disrupted K-12 education that building leaders and teachers could look at 2020-2021 as their first year in the profession.
Teachers' wages continue to lag about 20% behind the earnings of comparable workers, and the gap that has grown significantly over the last two decades.
