One superintendent is stepping down and another was fired in a pair of sudden departures that appear to have taken community members by surprise.

Eight states require students to take one semester of a personal finance course, and 10 more will soon join this effort. Until then, only 23.6% of students are required to receive finance education.

Investigation will focus on whether the Loudoun County Public Schools system failed to properly respond to two sexual assaults by the same student in 2021.

Low pay and heavy workloads may be the leading drags on teacher job satisfaction but principals, superintendents and other administrators can also help educators find ways to improve their outlooks by, for instance, sending a short letter of gratitude to a colleague.