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?
Turnover has risen from around 14% to 17% since the beginning of the pandemic and neither test scores nor safety appear to be among the top five reasons for K12 leaders' growing anxiety.
The West Virginia district's instructional innovations kicked into high gear when Superintendent Adam Cheeseman got his students involved in bringing broadband to his rural community.
Leaders in Idaho and Indiana are leaving their posts during district investigations into matters that have not been disclosed to either the public or, in one case, to the superintendent himself.
Research shows that one-third of novice special education teachers in the United States will quit within the first three years of employment. Before the feelings of burnout crept in, these professionals had passion.
As a teacher who's worked in both traditional and virtual classrooms and as an online math tutor, here's how I do my best to instill a love of math in my students.
"If you choose to respond in a powerful, informed, instructive and positive way, then it can be a huge benefit for us," says Jon Ostendorf, CIO at the Princeton Day School. "It's exciting because it's a challenge and we have to respond to it right away. Every day, you see more potential."
Teachers and students are engaging with fewer edtech tools but the diversity of options is forcing CIO and other educators to manage even more applications than last year.
Superintendent Kurt Browning, the longtime leader of Florida's Pasco County Schools, calls himself a "champion of choice," having launched several magnet programs and expanded advanced curriculum offerings.
"Never have we seen such rapid expansion of labor in education," said Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown University's Edunomics Lab. This surge in staffing coincides with a steady decline in student enrollment in many states. Here's how that will impact districts in the coming years.
