More frequent and intense natural disasters require school leadership to address trauma and prepare for extended disruptions.

Texas Tech's College of Education recently received grant funding from the Texas Education Agency that will be used to expand efforts to increase the quality and diversity of teachers in rural school districts. The $484,000 grant will also enable the university to expand its partnership from five to 11 school districts.

While the LAUSD strike is the latest installment of a trend driven by exasperated educators, various factors make it unique. The city's public-school teachers are predominantly people of color—and a plurality of them are Latino, like most of the students they serve. Numerous teachers say a sense of solidarity with their students is what's driving them to the picket lines.

Across the country, public charter school leaders struggle to finance facilities. More often than not these leaders scrimp and save their limited operational dollars and still end up in facilities that lack the amenities typical of district schools.