Districts have been installing laundry facilities at schools in low-income neighborhoods, giving students one less reason to miss class. Many at-risk students from low-income homes often do not have regular access to clean clothes, drawing unwanted attention and ridicule from classmates. As a result, they skip school. In 2016, David A. Weir Preparatory Academy—a Title […]
Nongongoma Majova-Seane has led Stanton College Preparatory School to rank in the top 10 percent of U.S. schools. Nongongoma Majova-Seane is principal of Stanton College Preparatory School, which has been named the No. 1 Florida high school for three consecutive years and continues to rank in the top 10 percent of U.S. schools. Majova-Seane has boosted reading […]
LRP Media Group, parent company of District Administration, has acquired Atlantic Research Partners' National Superintendents Academy. The first cohort of the superintendent training program will launch in February 2019, with subsequent academies to be announced later, says Robert Avossa, senior vice president and publisher, education products, for LRP. "We are excited to launch DA's National […]
Noris Price received the Georgia School Superintendents Association's President Award for her work on student achievement, improvements to Baldwin County School District buildings, and the launch of a Montessori Academy. Superintendent Noris Price of Baldwin County School District has overseen a 10 percent increase in student scores on the College and Career Performance Index and three straight years of […]
More than one-third of U.S. school districts have elevated levels of lead in school water, according to a July report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Administrators must now work quickly to determine the best and most cost-effective solutions for providing safe drinking water amid a lack of national standards and federal funding. "It's total […]
Recently, I reread Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, and I was struck by how he viewed success in the United States. We forget that much of individual success is built on hard work with a focus on what we enjoy doing. We see successful people and call them "lucky." Gladwell's stories about success impacted me as an […]
On July 2, 2018, at 10:35 a.m., 25 middle school students in the Peoria, Illinois area had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to speak to an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The conversation took place during the weeklong summertime STEM Academy, which was launched three years ago by the Peoria Heights School District, the University of […]
We know from personal experience as principals and superintendents, and from research, that it takes a dynamic leader with a particular set of skills and knowledge to turn around a school or school system. Sadly, there are thousands of schools across the country that are chronically low-performing, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Layer […]
Books represent just a part of the early literacy equation. Districts and community organizations now provide transportation, meals, summer lessons and family activities to prepare children for kindergarten reading. "The biggest challenge for closing the literacy gap is to address its cause: an opportunity gap" says Nell Duke, professor of literacy, language and culture at […]
