A growing number of school districts are banning the footwear, citing safety concerns. School districts in more than twelve states have banned Crocs from being worn at school. Now part of this has to do with a social media trend, where kids have been taping themselves tripping in Crocs.

Date & Time: Thursday, November 14 at 12 pm ET <br></br> Over the years, Director of Purchasing Gary Kerbow has been tasked with daunting construction projects when helping Hurst Euless Bedford ISD expand. Most construction veterans would consider these requests near impossible, and they would be if Gary didn’t have certain procedures and tools in place. In this podcast, Gary will speak about the lessons he's learned from these and other projects at a number of school districts in North Texas.

Earlier this year, a record-low 39% of teachers believed education was going in the right direction in their local school districts. Now, their optimism is on the rebound.