There are currently two education accountability systems: the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA); and the state letter grade.

The real test of America's 250th is whether we can build classrooms where students and educators feel empowered to have the hard conversations.

Date &amp; Time: Tuesday, November 03, 2026 at 2 p.m. <br><br> In this third and final installment of Mission: Attendance, you'll learn how to engage families in a way that helps uncover the real barriers to attendance. We'll explore how to audit official letters and notifications for tone, frame outreach in ways that demonstrate support, and reach every family early, warmly, and in their home language. Chris Henson, the Acting Superintendent of Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD in West Texas, will join to share how his district builds the kind of family trust that encourages families to share what's getting in the way of regular attendance and partner with campuses to fix it.

The Peninsula School District is rolling out agentic AI agents for every staff member so they can spend more time "being human."