High-dosage tutoring, high-quality instruction and summer school are fulling their promise of reversing pandemic learning loss, according to asessment results from one southern state.
Kansas City Public Schools may close and consolidate as many as seven to 12 schools with low enrollment, so that the district can spend more money on updating classrooms, expanding programs and ensuring all students have access to the same opportunities.
Experts say there are hidden barriers: hotspots that don't work as advertised and broadband grants that don't account for affordability. Then there are not-so-hidden ones such as thick forests or remote mountains that don't provide an easy high-speed solution.
Principals are burned out and unsure if they can continue at the pace of the last few years. That makes it essential for central office administrators to restore their confidence by instilling hope for the future.
Superintendent Bhavna Sharma-Lewis has hosted a workshop called "What Happens When the School Board Falls Out of Love With You." The presentation was born from experience.
Teachers and principals are twice as stressed out as the rest of the workforce, with well-being especially poor among Hispanic, female and mid-career teachers.
