Latino school administrators have a vision for the near future of education: More leaders of color and better outcomes for some of the most vulnerable students.
Extended learning, tutoring and small-group instruction lead the way as schools work to accelerate—rather than remediate—to ward off COVID-era learning loss.
Some schools have open jobs in the double digits. "It's almost impossible to operate buildings with that many vacancies, especially with absences on top of that," said union president Jerry Jordan.
When it comes to student stress and mental health, this school year has been worse than 2020-21, says Kevin Rohlfs, the principal of Bellevue West High School in the Omaha, Nebraska suburbs.
Principal Jaime Stone respects families' choices on COVID vaccinations but it's clear where her administration stands on inoculations with a wider range of students now eligible.
In the last few weeks, a middle school in Oregon went remote to implement safety and social-emotional protocols while shootings near campuses sent a New York district to distance learning.
The outcome of these races could lie in the hands of voting parents who are fired up over school safety measures, how to teach the nation's history and the role parents play in shaping the decisions schools make.
Bloomfield Hills High School in Michigan shifted to remote learning through Thanksgiving after a family filed a $150 million lawsuit alleging "dangerous racism," according to published reports.
